Decade of Vaccines – source: Gates Foundation Digital News Report – Over the next ten years the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $10 billion to vaccinate children in the developing…
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Dr Oz Appears On Show Looking 90 Years Old
Digital News Report – Dr. Oz stunned his audience today when he walked out on the stage looking 90 years old. He did this stunt to get people thinking about what they…
Quit Smoking To Double Survival Rate Of Lung Cancer
Vincent van Gogh: Skull with a Burning Cigarette Digital News Report – Patients with early stage lung cancer can double their survival rate by quitting smoking. Research in the British Medical Journal…
Blueberries Can Improve Memory Function In Elderly
Blueberries Digital News Report – The good news about blueberries just keeps flowing in. A report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a journal for the American Chemical Society, found…
Charlie Daniels Stroke
Charlie Daniels in 2003 Digital News Report – Charlie Daniels will not cancel any shows after suffering a mild stroke in Colorado on Friday. The country music star didn’t feel well while…
Gastric Bypass Can Lengthen Lifespan For Morbidly Obese People
A Person with a BMI of 46 Digital News Report – Morbidly obese people can extend their lives by three years if they undergo gastric-bypass surgery, a report in the January issue…
16,000 People May Have Died From H1N1 Swine Flu
2,500 people line up in Texas City, Texas to receive the H1N1 vaccine photo: Nsaum75 – cc Digital News Report – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that…
Tylenol Recall 2010
Tylenol pills – cc Digital News Report – Tylenol is recalling some of their products including adult Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, St. Joseph Aspirin, Rolaids, and Simply Sleep because of reports of nausea….
Two Lung Cancer Tests May Determine Presence and Type of Disease
Digital News Report – In the future, perhaps a simple blood test may be used to diagnose lung cancer and a breath test can determine the type. These findings were discussed as scientists shared knowledge at the Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer in Coronado California on Wednesday.
These two lung cancer tests may be available in the future. The first is a blood test to determine if a patient has lung cancer.
Morphine Helps Prevent Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
Digital News Report – Quick action by first responders in the war zone and a shot of morphine may help injured soldiers cope with stress later on.
The research, which appears in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), found that of 696 soldiers injured in Iraq from 2004 to 2006, those who were administered morphine within an hour after being wounded were less likely to develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).