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Skeptics Doubt 'Bubble' Woman's Environmental Illness

The legal case of a town against the accommodations of a woman suffering from an "environmental illness" draws attention to this obscure condition and controversial doctors who diagnose it.

22.10.2008 23:43:59 - Health News

New Zealand Approves Controversial Clinical Trial for Diabetes

In a new clinical trial, people with Type 1 diabetes will be injected with insulin-producing pig cells, raising hopes for a cure and concerns over xenotransplantation.

22.10.2008 23:43:12 - Health News

Study: Food allergies increasing in U.S. kids

Food allergies in American children seem to be on the rise, now affecting about 3 million kids, according to the first federal study of the problem.

About 1 in 26 children had food allergies last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. That's up from 1 in 29 kids in 1997.

22.10.2008 21:18:40 - Health News

New Tests Help British Physicians Diagnose Death

As medical advances have made diagnosing death more complicated, Britain's Academy of Royal Medical Colleges has recommended new tests for doctors.

22.10.2008 16:11:58 - Health News

Victims of Bullies Share Common Traits

A recent Canadian study tracking nearly 2,000 children from birth to age six illuminates key risk factors that may lead to chronic victimization.

21.10.2008 21:28:11 - Health News

Winslow is Latest Cleveland Brown to Contract Staph Infection

Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow revealed Sunday that he had a staph infection, his second in three years and the team's seventh in four years.

20.10.2008 23:39:56 - Health News

Nashville Restaurants May Join Others Cities in Posting Calorie Counts

Nashville, Tenn., is on the verge of requiring calorie transparency at chain restaurants, joining other U.S. locations in the fight against obesity.

20.10.2008 23:37:58 - Health News

China pledges moves to boost slowing economy

China's economic growth slackened to 9 percent in the third quarter of this year, its slowest in more than five years, as leaders pledged to boost lending, hike export rebates and slash taxes on housing transactions to help cushion the blow from the global credit crisis.

Growth in the first nine months of the year was 9.9 percent over a year earlier, the National Statistics Bureau reported Monday. That compares with 11.9 percent growth for all of 2007.

'There are no signs of a definite recovery from the financial crisis,' bureau spokesman Li Xiaochao said in a nationally televised news conference.

20.10.2008 19:58:54 - Health News

'Silent Killer' Diabetes Numbers Soar

Diabetes is on the rise, up more than 167,000 since last year and bringing the total number of sufferers to 2.5 million.

20.10.2008 14:56:02 - Health News

What you eat 'could raise your risk of Alzheimer's' as discovery paves way for treatment

Scientists have found a link between the degenerative brain disease and raised levels of an omega-6 fatty acid, which is found in cereals Eating the wrong diet could increase your risk of developing ...

20.10.2008 10:30:53 - Health News