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Feb21
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How much sleep do teens really need? Maybe less than you think

1 | Staff | February 21, 2012

If your teen’s lack of sleep is keeping you up nights, a new study should help put your mind at ease.National guidelines recommend at least eight hours of serious sn...

Feb9
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Parenthood group vile, deceitful

1 | Staff | February 9, 2012

It is a tragedy that Planned Parenthood, which masquerades as a support service for women's health issues, could ever have gained a positive reputation in American s...

Feb6
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Mass.: Bone Marrow Donor Recruiting Cases Settled

1 | Staff | February 6, 2012

A bone marrow registry and medical laboratory company that used fashion models wearing high heels and short skirts to recruit potential donors will pay the states of...

Jan25
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Study: Magic mushrooms may help treat depression

1 | Staff | January 25, 2012

Psychedelic mushrooms may point to new ways to treat depression, suggest two small brain imaging studies that seem to show how psilocybin -- the active ingredient in...

Jan17
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Beware, headphone may cost your life

1 | Staff | January 17, 2012

Researchers have found a dramatic rise in injuries to people using headphones while walking on the streets and have warned of serious accidents involving pedestrians...

Jan11
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Study: Pot doesn’t harm lungs like tobacco does

1 | Staff | January 11, 2012

Smoking a joint from time to time won't damage the lungs, even after years of drug use, according to a study led by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) re...

Dec7
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Nearly Half Of All Cancers Preventable

4, , , | Editor | December 7, 2011

Better lifestyles could prevent almost half of all cancers in men and 40% in women, according to a major study. Cancer Research UK has found that more than 100,00...

Oct25
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Utah technique could one day predict aggressive breast cancer

1 | Staff | October 25, 2011

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute announced Monday they can successfully grow fragments of breast cancer cells into tumors in mice — a step in a long path tow...

Oct21
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Study Casts Doubt on Cell Phone-Brain Cancer Link

1 | Staff | October 21, 2011

A new study casts doubt on the possible link between cell phones and brain cancer, but experts say the risk can't be ruled out. The study of 358,403 Danish cell p...

Oct19
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World’s first malaria vaccine works in major trial

2, | Staff | October 19, 2011

An experimental vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to become the world’s fi...