(MedHeadlines) – Could preventing colon cancer be as simple as developing a taste for yerba mate tea? In a recent University of Illinois study, scientists showed that human colon cancer cells die when …

(MedHeadlines) – For more than 40 years, scientists and physicians have thought eating a high-fiber diet lowered a person’s risk of diverticulosis, a disease of the large intestine in which pouches develop in …

(MedHeadlines) – The experience of daily positive affect — a mild, happy feeling — and self-affirmation helps some patients with chronic diseases, including coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and asthma, make …

(MedHeadlines) – Breast cancer screening with mammography results in a significant reduction in breast cancer mortality, according to long-term follow-up results of a large-scale Swedish trial. The results are published online in the journal Radiology.

(MedHeadlines) – Results from the longest running breast screening trial show that screening with mammography reduces the number of deaths from breast cancer.
The study*, by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, shows that the …

Beginning January 1, 2010, every plastic baby bottle and children’s sippy cup manufactured for the entire state of Minnesota will be free of bisphenol-A (BPA), the chemical that mimics the effects of estrogen and risks …

Although concern over swine flu seems to be easing off, influenza experts say there remains a very high likelihood the flu will return when flu season begins in October.  Further concern is that the influenza …

Every day in the United States, an estimated 240 people are treated in emergency rooms for injuries caused by their pets.  Most of these injuries involve trips, slips, and falls and more dogs cause injuries …

Researchers in Florida, the Sunshine State surrounded by beaches, had announced that people swimming in subtropical waters face an increased risk by 37% of being exposed to the dangerous Staphylococcus (staph) bacteria, including the Methicillin-resistant …

It may be National Dental Health Month only in the Philippines but the rest of us can follow the recommendations of the Philippine Dental Association (PDA), which says maintaining a good track record of dental …