A medical study by the Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa offers a new insight on how ovarian cancer forms and suggests how it might be prevented.
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WHO: At least 2.2 billion people are blind or visually impaired
First World report on vision issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the eve of the World Sight Day
Wasted health care spending in the U.S. tops annual defense budget
Redundant administrative tasks, opaque pricing, misaligned incentives — welcome to America’s bloated medical system
USA: Man drives 5 hours to a surgery – insurance won’t cover
Around the country, middle-class Americans with high-deductible insurance plans are heading to dozens of cash-based surgery centers
Johnson & Johnson will pay $8 billion to the man who developed breasts
Nicholas Murray alleged that taking the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal led him to develop the incurable condition
Slow gait at middle age means rapid aging
For those who are not capable of significant acceleration, the lungs, teeth, immune system and brain are in worse shape than those of faster walkers
A simple device will help with obesity and diabetes
Scientists invent minimally invasive technology with gastric bypass effect
CDC raises alarm about “growing STD epidemic” as cases hit record high
The new high threatens millions of Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says
Assessing cancer link to blood pressure drugs – is FDA too slow?
U.S. PIRG wants federal regulators to speed probe into whether blood pressure treatments may contain carcinogen
Scientists have discovered the mechanism of development of allergic asthma
It is due to certain neutrophils, which secrete their DNA in the lungs, thereby causing inflammation, which provokes an allergic response