Head Injury's Location Key to Concussion Effects
HIV superinfection in Uganda may be more common than previously thought, study finds
HIV superinfection, when a person with HIV could acquire a second, new strain of HIV, may occur as often as initial HIV infection in the general population in Uganda, a study suggests.
NIH study finds childhood CT scans linked to leukemia and brain cancer later in life
Nurse practitioner reviews films from a CT scan of the brain.
Global Cancer Rates Expected to Soar by 2030
The number of cancer cases is predicted to surge by 78 percent in middle income countries such as South Africa and India, and spike 93 percent in the developing world by the year 2030. Experts say an aggressive global strategy is needed.
Doctors Without Borders Vaccinates Guineans Against Cholera
Internally displaced children...
Leukemia Deadlier for Teens, Young Adults Than Younger Kids: Study
Obama administration working to close racial, ethnic gap on asthma
May 31, U.S. federal agencies unveiled the Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities. White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Nancy Sutley, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa...
Long-Term Side Effects Key When Cancer Patients Choose Drugs
Bill Gates appreciates India's achievements in health sector
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who called on Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Thursday, appreciated India's achievements in containing AIDS infections, polio management, reproductive health initiatives as also recent...
Benefits of hypothermia for infants continue through early childhood
A treatment to reduce the body temperatures of infants who experience oxygen deficiency at birth has benefits into early childhood, according to a follow-up study by a National Institutes of Health research network.
