U.S researchers say that Hispanic women who experience domestic abuse during pregnancy or shortly before getting pregnant have five times increased risk to acquire postpartum depression. The results of the study imply that violence received from intimate partners is a stronger precursor of postpartum depression instead of prenatal depression. Previously, depression occurring before pregnancy is […]

A clinical trial on adult stem cell therapy for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS has been approved by the Health Ministry of Israel. It will be launched by the clinical-stage biotechnological company, BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics. Adrian Harel, acting chief executive officer of BrainStorm, said that the clinical trial signifies a remarkable advancement in […]

The Democrats, on Monday, honed their attack against the overhaul plan to Medicare as Republicans prepare to compel their adversaries to vote on the unfavored proposal to privatize the health system intended for the elderly. Harry Reid, U.S. Senate Leader, plans to carry out a vote on the Republican budget plan this week. The proposal […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States announced that this Friday is a “Don’t Fry Day”. This is a part of the agency’s efforts to promote awareness on the dangers of excessive exposure to the sun, including skin cancers. The EPA partnered with the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention in launching the […]

Republican leaders on Sunday said that they would be receptive on possible negotiations regarding healthcare costs- one of the main obstacles to realize a deal that would likely cut the financial debt in the United States. The chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, Paul Ryan, said that he would be very willing to […]

A comprehensive audit showed that the number of lung cancer patients who have undergone lung cancer surgery in the United Kingdom has increased by twofold over the last five years. The National Lung Cancer Audit 2010 revealed that one in seven patients, or nearly 4,500 people each year, have chosen to remove tumours through surgery. […]

A current study found that close to a million children in the United States are prescribed with antibiotics for asthma even though the actual guidelines do not recommend its use. Dr. Ian Paul, the lead researcher and a professor of pediatrics at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, said that they try really hard […]

16-year old Courtney Montgomery had a heart that was failing really fast, but she furiously refused when she was urged by her mother and her doctors to get a heart transplant. Montgomery said that her previous heart surgeries have not helped her at the very least; she did not think a riskier and scarier surgery […]

Government researchers have reported recently that one in every six American children born today has developmental disability which includes ADHD and autism. That is a sharp 17% rise from the data collected 10 years ago. The study that was published in “Pediatrics”, discovered that around 15% of American children between 3 and 17 years old […]

A new treatment for HIV has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday. The medication is used with other antiretroviral drugs, which blocks the replication of the virus that causes the disease. TMC278 or rilpivirine is a pill developed by Johnson & Johnson and will be given mainly for patients who […]