Between May and October 2009, 46 children were admitted to UC Davis Medical Center with severe cases of H1N1, or swine flu. Of those children, 29 were male ...

Heart disease is. Both organizations work hard to educate the public about risk factors, getting screenings, warning signs, etc. ...

For Clark, 34, it was clear he was suffering an anaphylaxis attack, a severe allergy reaction that can be lethal if not treated in time. ...

... noting that billions of dollars had flowed into Asian markets in recent months "at high prices, so there's a lot of pain" as the trades reverse. ...

By Jeff Carlisle It's the fate of expansion announcements that the moment the champagne is drunk and confetti is swept off the floor, the focus immediately ...

By Sandra Distelhorst VANCOUVER -- May 7, 2010 -- Control of asthma in paediatric patients was improved with use of inhaled mometasone furoate, according to ...

People genetically disposed to high levels of a certain blood fat may be at greater risk for heart disease, a new study has found. ...

As per the study, 10 to 20 % individual can be the victim of the H1N1 virus and the flu can be the cause of death. But in the mean time the vaccines have ...

FRIDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- The number of circulating tumor cells in the blood of metastatic breast cancer patients directly affects their survival, ...

DENVER - It is a problem 40 million Americans suffer from: seasonal allergies. As soon as winter ends and the weather warms up, many people start sneezing, ...

(ABC) - A new study, published today in the British medical journal "The Lancet," may soon give doctors another tool in diagnosing heart disease. ...

Sweatt, in a paper published recently, showed that drugs that affect histone acetyltransferases also benefit mice with Alzheimer's disease. ...

Could the dust mites in your pillow trigger your asthma or allergies? How many times have you or your children been fine before you go to bed, ...

By Macworld staff TextEdit is a nice, lightweight text editor, but in at least one sense it's too lightweight: It doesn't have a word-count feature. ...

Professor Perk has a four-point approach designed to support the prevention of heart disease in children: Absolutely no smoking, whether active or passive. ...

By Judie Rappaport Dear Judie: My husband, Fred, 84, has early Alzheimer's. We're attending our grandson's wedding in St. Louis soon and need some tips on ...

Kathleen Ramey, 52, also has a disfigured right arm and suffers from constant pain since West Palm Beach pain management doctor Andrew Weiss left her with a ...

Indonesia has reported two new bird flu case, one of them fatal, bringing the country's human death toll from the disease to 136 since it emerged here in ...

“With asthma, allergies, as well as diabetes, heart disease – many of those conditions are directly attributable to tobacco use. ...

By Katherine Hobson The President's Cancer Panel released a report yesterday that said environmental exposures have a “grossly underestimated” impact on ...

The British food industry has been urged to do more to cater for those with acute food allergies. According to Coeliac UK, an independent charity for those ...

Cytori also released results of a study that used the Celution System to treat chronic ischemic heart disease. It said there were no significant side ...

If you don't like running, but want to get outside, Amblin' for Alzheimers is a noncompetitive walk expecting 300 people. This is the sixth year for the ...

By Lisa Fernandez lfernandez@mercurynews.com Morgan Hill police stepped up their presence today at a high school catapulted into the national news spotlight ...

By Sandra Distelhorst VANCOUVER -- May 7, 2010 -- Small airway function is significantly improved in children with asthma by use of mometasone furoate dry ...

The finding might explain why not all outbreaks of bird flu in animals have been linked to movement of poultry or wild birds, the authors say. ...

Sports Illustrated put the "Core Four" from the Yankees' 15-year reign: Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte and Derek Jeter. ...

The most well known cause of dementia is probably Alzheimer's disease. Dementias cause problems with reasoning ability, memory, and control of emotions. ...

Last year there were the swine flu incident, when P&O was accused of mishandling an outbreak onboard; and the long-running inquest continued into the death ...

INDIANAPOLIS, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In this economy, allergy sufferers are looking for relief from more than sneezing, runny noses, and itchy eyes. ...

From the new tests of breast cancer it has been noticed that counting tumor cells had become a standard part of treatment. It was told by the US experts ...

By Rachael Rettner, LiveScience Staff Writer A new group of forgetful lab rats have been created so scientists can better study Alzheimer's disease. ...

By Christopher Wanjek, LiveScience's Bad Medicine Columnist We're in the middle of one of the worse allergy seasons on record. ...

HEALTH chiefs spent more than £2m in the North East on the swine flu scare, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal. ...

By Jody Smith Women said they wanted equality on the job and they are getting it, at least where heart disease is concerned. ...

Mayo Clinic researchers recently released study data showing children who lived near major highway or railroad intersections have higher diagnoses of asthma ...

The Landmark Church of God in Statesville will host an educational forum on Alzheimer's disease and dementia next week. The forum, hosted by the Alzheimer's ...

By Larry Dignan | May 7, 2010, 3:00am PDT Symantec's first quarter results were stronger than the financials from McAfee, which is recovering from a Windows ...

Doctors use Nexavar, which is taken as a pill, to treat liver cancer and advanced kidney cancer and Bayer expects to generate more than 2 billion euros ...

Jon, 11, also has asthma and when his seasonal allergies flared, so would his breathing problems, which left him reaching for his inhaler more often and ...