Adult kidney stem cells found in fish
It has long been a given that adult humans — and mammals in general — lack the capacity to grow new nephrons, the kidney’s delicate blood filtering tubules, which has meant that dialysis, and ultimately kidney transplantation, is the only option for...
Number of Americans with Diabetes Rises to Nearly 26 Million
Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition, an estimated 79 million U.S. adults have prediabetes, a condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than...
Health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recover record $4 billion; new Affordable Care Act tools will help fight fraud
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli today announced a new report showing that the government’s health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts...
CHAD: Beyond the cholera emergency
Hygiene kits include dabas for clearing and disposing of faeces, as children generally defecate in the open, near...
Smell That Sadness? Female Tears Turn Off Men
Researchers say that when men smell the emotionally shed tears of women, their sexual arousal and testosterone levels drop.
New Qatar Airways 777-300ER carries medical supplies to Pakistan
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United States Cancer Statistics
The United States Cancer Statistics: 2007 Incidence and Mortality Web-based report contains official...
CDC Study Finds Seat Belt Use Up to 85 Percent Nationally
Seat belts reduce the risk of being killed or seriously injured in a crash by about 50%. Learn more about...
FARMERS’ FEAR OF CHOLERA THREATENS RICE HARVEST IN HAITI – UN AGENCY
Farmers in north-western Haiti are likely to lose a significant portion of their rice harvest due to reluctance to work in paddy fields they fear are contaminated by the cholera-causing bacteria.
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HIV/AIDS: Top 10 for 2010
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