Death Toll in Canada Heatwave Hits 70

Jul 11, 2018

A heatwave in Quebec in eastern Canada has now been blamed for 70 deaths, officials said Monday. Thirty-four of the fatalities were recorded in Montreal, the provincial health ministry told AFP. Previ...

HIV/AIDS

AIDS Vaccine Passes Key Early Test

Jul 10, 2018

The near 40-year quest for an AIDS vaccine received a hopeful boost Saturday when scientists announced that a trial drug triggered an immune response in humans and shielded monkeys from infection. Sh...

  Monsanto Known For Controversial Chemicals

Jul 10, 2018

The Monsanto company name has become so strongly associated with being an enemy of nature that a tribunal in The Hague once called for a law making "ecocide" a crime. Widely used Monsanto...

Human Lifespan May Not Have Peaked After All: Study

Jul 3, 2018 • 4 comments

Has the maximum lifespan for a human already been reached? Maybe not, said a study of Italian centenarians published Thursday that found that human longevity is slowly increasing. Scientists have...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

Air Pollution Plays Significant Role In Diabetes: Study

Jul 3, 2018 • 1 comment

Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of Diabetes in 2016, according to a US study, which found even low levels raised the chances of developing the chronic disease. Diabetes has primarily been...

Epilepsy

   US Approves First Marijuana-Derived Drug

Jun 29, 2018 • 5 comments

US regulators on Monday approved the first marijuana-derived drug ever to hit the US market, Epidiolex, which will be used to treat two rare and severe forms of childhood epilepsy. Epidiolex uses...

Women's health

 US Supreme Court sides with anti-abortion centers in free speech case

Jun 29, 2018

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a law requiring anti-abortion centers in California to inform pregnant clients that they could obtain the procedure elsewhere was...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetic neuropathy

   Lab Rat Studies Show Promise for Insulin Pill

Jun 27, 2018 • 1 comment

Studies carried out on lab rats have shown promise for a new kind of insulin pill that may be able to help millions of people with diabetes avoid daily injections, researchers said Monday.  Much...

   In US, Cigarette Smoking Reaches New Low: Study

Jun 21, 2018 • 1 comment

Just 13.9 percent of the US population smokes cigarettes, according to a US government report Tuesday which said the American smoking rate has reached "the lowest level ever recorded."    The...

   In US, Obesity, Smoking More Common in Rural Areas: Study

Jun 20, 2018

People who live in rural areas of the United States are far more likely than city dwellers to smoke, be overweight, and face a host of related health concerns, researchers said Tuesday.  Many chronic...

Stress Test: Saliva Swab Detects Workplace Burnout

Jun 19, 2018

A simple saliva test can show within hours whether someone on the job is overly stressed and at risk of burnout, researchers said Friday. Measuring levels of the anti-stress hormone cortisol at...

  Canadian Team Reports Success in Transplanting Hepatitis C Organs

Jun 19, 2018

A long-running shortage in donor organs has pushed doctors to find ways to use those with hepatitis C, an infection that is increasingly common in the United States due to the opioid crisis,...