Dentists Offer to Save Kids’ Teeth and Boost American Troops’ Morale
Two dentists in Pennsylvania have proposed to buy candy from kids after Halloween festivities. This move has been designed to save teeth of youngsters. Further, the collected candy will be…
Salt Content in Foods Requires Government Intervention
A findings of study recently published in Heart, a British medical journal, indicated that government control over salt content in foods was preferable to all other solutions. The study indicated…
Haiti Cholera Epidemic Caused 250 Deaths
United Nations (U.N.) official in Haiti, Nigel Fisher stated that multinational medical help has slowed down death reports in Haiti after the cholera epidemic outbreak that already killed 250 people.…
Teen Birth Rates Soar in Southern States of United States
According to Government researchers, the highest birth rates among teens are registered in the southern states of the United States, while the lowest rates have been recorded in the northeast…
Botox Approved by FDA as Chronic Migraine Treatment
Anti-wrinkle injection Botox, a product from Allergan Inc was approved on Friday by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA as a chronic migraines’ treatment. According to a statement given by…
Fraudsters Charged with Stealing up to $100m from Medicare
A number of people believed to be part of a criminal group from Armenia and America have been charged with swindling money from Medicare. The group was taken to court…
Study Shows Pfizer’s Depression Drug is Ineffective and Possibly Unsafe
A group of researchers from Germany published a report on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 on Pfizer’s drug called Reboetine, which is a drug meant for depression. The report suggests that…
“Lifestyle” Disease Takes its Toll on Western Pacific
Diseases such as diabetes, heart diseases and stroke are all avoidable diseases but are being considered one of the reasons the economy is failing in Western pacific. This report was…
New York Proposes Ban on Food Stamp Benefit for Buying Sugary Drinks
In an effort to control obesity in the United States, Michael Bloomberg and David Paterson, the Mayor and Governor of New York, requested the U.S. government to ban food stamps…
Vatican Not Pleased with Nobel Committee for IVF Prize
On Tuesday, the Vatican expressed its disappointment concerning the prize given to Robert Edwards, the in-vitro fertilization pioneer. The Vatican motivated its opinion by stating that that Mr. Edwards is…