Pollution in the Mongolian capital immensely exceeds Mongolian air quality standards and World Health Organization guidelines, according to a research carried out by the National University of Mongolia. Ulan Bator, Mongolian’s capital, is a city where average winter temperatures linger at a penalizing 20 degrees Celsius. For families living in felt huts or gers in […]

North Carolina researchers report new results from their investigation on black women and breast cancer in an effort to gather latest information on racial differences in breast cancer prognosis. According to previous research, breast cancer in younger black women in the United States appears to be more of the aggressive basal-like subtype, which is a […]

Adolescents require booster shots to protect them from meningococcal meningitis, a life-threatening infection of the tissue around the brain, while all children should have up to date whooping cough vaccines in line of the recent outbreaks. This is according to new recommendations given by pediatric experts. The American Academy of Pediatrics releases updated guidelines for […]

A dishonored Air Force sergeant was sentenced up to eight years in prison for putting several sex partners at swinger parties at risk for HIV. Tech Sgt. David Gutierrez was also ordered by the court martial judge on Wednesday that he be detestably discharged and put to the lowest recruitment rank while he serves out […]

Almost 26 million Americans of all ages now have diabetes and 79 million people have what doctors call “prediabetes.” This is according to 2011 estimates released by the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday. Prediabetes affects 35 percent of the adult population. According to CDC, it is a condition where blood sugar […]

Some hearing loss in children may be caused by a virus that mothers contract while they are still pregnant, a new study stated. In children that have a certain degree of hearing loss, 9 percent of them had acquired cytomegalovirus or CMV during birth. This report is stated in a new study in the Archives […]

Several drinking water wells in the highly populated Red River delta area of Vietnam contain dangerous levels of arsenic. This can lead to several health problems such as cancer, neurological problems and hypertension, researchers informed on Tuesday. They also said in a paper published in a journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that […]

People living in affluent nations with “free-market” economies are more prone to become obese, according to a study made in Oxford University. Study showed money concerns and financial insecurity are the reasons why some countries have increased rates in obesity. The study was made under the subject matter, Economic and Human Biology. It sought to […]

A California teenager sick with leukemia died on Thursday after they failed to get a match in the United States.  The girls adoptive mother even went to China to find a bone marrow donor to no avail. Katie Cramer, 16 years-old, died at home on Thursday, the Sacramento Bee reported. Katie was first diagnosed with […]

Patients who have recovered from the H1N1 “swine flu” pandemic attack of last 2009 have developed atypical antibodies that might protect them from a variety of flu strains, the US researchers informed on Monday. Specialists were stunned to discover that the immune response of the patients to a new flu could lead the way to […]