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Dr. Conrad Murray may have been pressured by Michael Jackson's concert promotion company, AEG Live, to sign off on his demanding rehearsal schedule, despite increased medical concerns surround the King of Pop at the time.
Chinese authorities reported Saturday that a man from the southwestern part of the populous country is the second person to die from the H5N1 bird flu virus this year alone.
Americans turn less to cigarettes, but find substitutes
Parents, you might want to rethink searching Google for information regarding infant sleep safety. According to new research, the information that might come may not be so accurate.
A new study has suggested that exercise may be beneficial to people with heart failure who are also depressed.
A latest study reveals that people with poor mental health are at higher risk of encountering an early death. The study in UK states that a quarter of adults are at risk even if their problems are mild. It further says that people with depression or other major mental health problems are more prone to lower life expectancy. British researchers have found that those who have 'sub-clinical' anxiety or depression had 20 per cent higher chances of dying over a decade than those who did not, ...
According to Peter Wenger from the New Jersey Medical School, children who are preparing for their freshman year in a dormitory are at increased risk for bacterial meningitis.
In May, the mayor's office launched it's "Latch on NYC" campaign to support mothers who breastfeed their infants by asking city maternity hospitals to voluntarily sign on to support a mother's choice to breastfeed and limit the promotion of infant formula in their facilities which can interfere with that decision.
Researchers say testing could keep about 17,000 men each year from receiving a diagnosis of late-stage prostate cancer -- cancer that has spread and is far less curable.
Afinitor is the first in a class known as mTOR inhibitors to be approved for post-menopausal women with advanced hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative breast cancer. American health regulators also backed the drug as a breast cancer treatment.
The U.S.Food and Drug Administration is warning parents not to use benzocaine to ease teething pain in babies. The federal agency said the product should only be used under the advice and supervision of a health care professional.
Researchers say shift workers are slightly more at risk of having a heart attack or stroke than day workers.
According to a team of Harvard researchers, men diagnosed with prostate cancer are less likely to die from the disease than from largely preventable conditions such as heart disease.
State expansions of the Medicaid health insurance program for poor Americans reduced adult mortality rates by more than 6 percent compared to states that did not broaden eligibility for their plans, according to a study released on Wednesday.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among women.
2012’s List of New Species Released: Ten of the Coolest Ones Includes a Glowing Cockroach 
Bras Make Breasts "Saggier", 15-year French Study Reveals 
5 Surprising Signs You’re Actually a Genius 
Arizona Teen Finds Worm in his McDonald's Sausage McMuffin 
Fast Food Diners Are Gobbling Up More Calories Than They Think 
TX Woman Gives Birth to Now-Healthy Baby While Dead, Comes Back to Life 
Russian Gymnast Has the World's Strongest Vagina 
Women With Tattoos Seen as "Easier" and Sexier 
'Operation Swill' Uncovers NJ Restaurants that Served Rubbing Alcohol, Dirty Water in Place of Premium Liquor 
Experimental Stem Cell Treatment Restores Blind Man's Sight So Well, He Can Drive 
