Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have agreed that vaccines administered to a 9-year old girl contributed to her condition. Hannah Poling of Athens, GA, and her family may be receiving compensation from the federal vaccine…

Fidelity Investments just released information pointing to retiree couples needing $225,000 in retirement to cover their health care costs. This figure is an increase of 4.7% over last year’s number.

It’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. March is National Nutrition Month, too. Nutritionists at MD Anderson Cancer Center consider this a perfect time to suggest a new, healthier, approach to meal planning.

A new study from the AARP group points to increased drug costs putting extra strain on the elderly in the United States. AARP released information that brand name drug prices went up by an average of 7.4% last year. This…

Although students may feel less vulnerable at night when they are carrying a cell phone, they really aren’t. A recent study led by Jack Nasar at Ohio State University sowed that women are especially attached to their cell phones which…

The latest craze in the video gaming revolution era has children getting up off the floor and moving more than ever before. Any exercise that can be squeezed into a kid’s day is good exercise. However medical experts caution that…

It looks like FEMA is in trouble again. The CDC is now saying that tests on hundreds of FEMA trailers for victims of disaster had formaldehyde levels five times higher than what is normal. The results are making it necessary…

According to a study published in the March issue of the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vitamin E can increase the risk of developing lung cancer. The study used data on 77,126 men and…

One quarter of women with HIV want pregnancy and motherhood in their future. This statistic was examined in a recent study which also showed that the age of the women who were diagnosed played a significant factor in their decision…

This dog doesn’t shed, have fleas, or need to be taken for a walk, but still provides companionship for grandma, that’s what researchers at Saint Louis University have concluded. The group conducted a study to compare how residents of three…

According to a recent study, people who were spanked as kids are more likely to have sexual problems when they get older. The study particularly concerned itself with 3 sexual problems. First was the problem that people have of verbally…

In a study released earlier today, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) identifies many common nursery products as being the cause or involved in 66,400 injuries to children age 5 and under that required emergency room attention in 2006.…

The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently voted to extend its recommendations for annual flu shots for children. Current recommendations cover children aged 6 months to 5 years but the new recommendations urge vaccinations for all children between the…

The amount of money Americans spent on health care in 2007 is somewhat staggering - a whopping 16.3% of the national gross domestic product (GDP). GDP is the sum total of the value of all goods and services from all…