During the review period, the government ordered 6 million doses of Tamiflu to prevent the spread of the swine influenza. However, professionals argued that ...

Heart disease kills one Australian every 46 minutes and Heart Foundation Tasmania CEO Graeme Lynch said time was crucial in saving lives. ...

A total of 81 swine flu deaths have been recorded in Malaysia since the virus outbreak last year, with 36 fresh cases reported on Saturday, according to ...

The Food and Drug Administration has reportedly approved a therapeutic vaccine indicated to treat advanced prostate cancer, according to media reports. ...

HEALTHY HEART: The tool called 'Know Your Numbers' calculates a person's risk of heart disease or strokes based on lifestyle factors, blood pressure and ...

Though neither model of the iPad is available in Australia yet (pre-ordering begins next Monday), the team have reportedly managed to unofficially add ...

That doesn't mean you have Alzheimer's disease, Tonda Ames said. People with Alzheimer's, even if they were to find their car, "might not know what to do ...

A GLOBAL company which manufactures swine flu drugs at its Boronia site is ready to tackle any outbreak this year. And GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) says it will ...

According to the NY Post's Joel Sherman (h/t to Ben of RAB), Alex Rodriguez was held out of today's lineup “due to pain behind the right knee. ...

About 3 million US children have a food or digestive allergy -- an 18 percent increase over the past 10 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

The walk is a fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Association, Central Ohio Chapter, and although canceled, the organization collected donations and handed out ...

Mumbai: Apart from the malaria menace, you can also blame the rising burden of another disease, asthma, on the incessant construction activity in the city. ...

By Mahmood Saberi, Senior Reporter While food allergy is sudden and dramatic, many of us are unaware that we have food intolerance for some of the things we ...

By Wynne Gray View as one page Richie McCaw and his team will have to dig deep this Saturday when they face the Bulls in Pretoria. ...

... and begin to incubate the industry, to begin to commercialize life-saving cures for diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimers," Schauer says. ...

... Nuggets coach George Karl has another blood clot in his right leg as he recovers from radiation and chemotherapy treatment for throat and neck cancer. ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Moderate-to-severe asthma was almost twice as prevalent among children whose caregivers reported moderate-to-high exposure ...

by DemFromCT Money quote: CDC and WHO epidemiologist Tim Uyeki is in Indonesia, collecting flu specimens from a very sick bird flu patient who is deeply ...

MORE than 7.5 million of the' million doses of swine flu vaccine bought by the federal government for more than $100 million could be wasted, ...

The usual remedy to these immune system overreactions is to start popping allergy pills. Volvo would like to recommend a non-pharmaceutical alternative. ...

Obesity in women has been linked to higher rates of fibromyalgia, a condition that causes pain and tenderness throughout the body. ...

This May 4th is World Asthma Day. The event, organised by the Global Initivative for Asthma (GINA), is aimed at everyone who may directly or indirectly be ...

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the prostate cancer vaccine Provenge from Dendreon, leaving many to believe ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, killing nearly 650000 people. Studies indicate that heart disease risk is doubled by eating a diet ...

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A new study has supported the use of traditional Chinese acupuncture method for pain treatment. Dr. Philip Lang and colleagues of the University of Munich ...

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) is holding a four-day campaign to educate people on asthma, in support of World Asthma Day which falls on May 4. ...

The panic came just days after the first case of swine flu was confirmed in the Caribbean. Cuba on Monday announced that a male Mexican student who is ...

By ROBIN EPLEY and LAURA URSENY-Staff Writers Cancer survivors take the "Survivors' Lap" at Pleasant Valley High during the start of the weekend's Relay For ...

So when even he notices a spike in allergy symptoms, take notice. "With tree pollen, I've noticed a significant difference with things blooming," said ...

By Philip Ling, Canwest News ServiceMay 1, 2010 Eleven formulations of over-the-counter children's cold and allergy medicine are being recalled in Canada as ...

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg inspected the large cavern being constructed for the new station that will be part of the expansion of the Number 7 ...

Get over the pain, get it of your mind and be LeBron James. When James needed his teammates, they were there for him. Williams hit huge shots, including his ...

It was a year ago Thursday that the Illinois Department of Public Health had its first confirmed cases of what we then called swine flu (now H1N1), ...

Miller and Kim Jackson plan to climb Mount Washington in New Hampshire on July 31 to raise money and awareness of Alzheimer's disease and for Leeza's Place. ...

MADISON -- According to the Centers For Disease Control more than 200000 men suffer from prostate cancer. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the ...

If allergies are getting you down, come to a free wellness seminar, sponsored by the Kennedy Health System, on Thursday, May 6, to learn how to prevent the ...

Come on, this is ridiculous, the way the Louisville legend has now won three of the last four runs for the roses. He guided the favorite Street Sense to ...

By Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer John Kuntz / The Plain DealerAfter his 3-pointer eliminated any doubt of Game 1's outcome, LeBron James didn't try to ...

Last Thursday, the FDA approved the first ever prostate cancer vaccine, Provenge. It is for advanced prostate cancer and the first vaccine not to prevent ...