Health
Personal Best : See Jane Run. See Her Run Faster and Faster.
31.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
Why are older women beating younger ones? Read more…
Arsenic in Drinking Water Said to Be Rising Risk
30.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
Naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water poses a growing global health risk as large numbers of people unknowingly consume unsafe levels. Read more…
Guidelines Are Issued on Asthma and Youths
30.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
The new guidelines are the first to recognize that children ages 5 to 11 with asthma require different treatment than do adults. Read more…
Spinach Recalled After Positive Test for Salmonella
30.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
The recall, by a California produce company, comes nearly a year after an outbreak of another pathogen, E. coli, in fresh spinach killed 3 people and sickened 200. Read more…
World Briefing | Africa: Congo: Hemorrhagic Fever Suspected; 103 Die
30.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
More than 100 people have died in a remote part of southeastern Congo in what health officials fear is an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever. Read more…
Patients Turn to No-Interest Loans for Health Care
30.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
Zero-interest financing for medical procedures has become one of the fastest-growing parts of consumer credit. Read more…
Edible Films With Superpowers
29.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
Scientists in a handful of labs around the country are coating foods with an invisible film to protect them from mold and pathogens and increase their shelf life. Read more…
W.H.O. Urges Effort to Fight Fast-Spreading New Diseases
27.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
A report from the W.H.O. warns that new infectious diseases are emerging at an ?unprecedented rate.? Read more…
Using Muscle to Improve Health Care for Prisoners
27.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
Never has one person attacked a problem with such force and disregard for political convention as Robert Sillen has the California prison system. Read more…
Romney to Pitch a State-by-State Health Insurance Plan
24.08.2007 - source:nytimes.com
Mitt Romney, an architect of Massachusetts? universal health coverage plan, is unveiling his proposal for overhauling the nation?s health care system. Read more…
