Ask Dr. H: Alcohol's link to red cheeks Philadelphia Daily News | By Mitchell Hecht | Medical Columnist Question: I've had rosacea for most of my life. I've always avoided alcohol because it makes my rosacea flare up. That's why I'm so perplexed by a medical study that says rosacea is not related to alcohol. What do you think? | Answer: I think it needs clarific...
Haiti makes progress in fight against AIDS Ohio | BLANCHARD, HAITI: When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin. | Fifteen years later, she walks around her two-room concrete house on Haiti's central plateau, watching her four children play under the plantain trees. She looks healthy, her belly...
In Maine, Two Sides on Health Care Step Up Competition for Senators' Votes The New York Times | PRESQUE ISLE, Me. - The rally outside Senator Olympia J. Snowe's district office here last week was small but heartfelt: a handful of locals describing health insurance nightmares and calling for full-blown change, fast. Skip to next paragraph Rela...
Dumbbells are a smart way to go Star Tribune | Don't tell anyone, but I think I'm a dumbbell snob. | I pride myself on being stronger than my shrimpy frame looks. A few years ago I started moderate strength training and pushed myself -- lifting 20-pound dumbbells, leg pressing the weight of my ...
How two strong coffees a day can 'reverse' Alzheimer's The Daily Mail | Drinking two strong cups of coffee a day could keep Alzheimer's disease at bay - and may even reverse some of its symptoms, a study suggests. | Researchers have uncov...
Government boosts R&D spending Swissinfo English The government has increased its support for research and development (R&D) over the past two years, the Federal Statistics Office said on Monday. | Spending increased by SFr175 million ($160 million) between 2006 and 2008, reaching a record SFr1.527...
Blame Drew's Cancer to benefit charity on Twitter The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | Screenshot of Twitter's Twitter page* | Twitter users can now voice their frustrations with anything from traffic to a hangnail by joining the movement, "Blame Drew's Cancer", to benefit charity. | The idea came ab...
Health reform: Will 'pay or play' chase employers away? CNN Will health reform chase employers away? | A key Senate proposal is estimated to keep the employer-sponsored insurance system intact. But one skeptic has serious doubts. | | | | RSS Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMon...
Laser cure for old-age blindness BBC News | A ground-breaking laser treatment could prevent millions of older people from going blind, experts believe. | The technique helps reverse the effects of age-related macular degeneration - the leading cause of blindness in over 60s in the western wo...
Nutrition Q&A: Can vinegar help people to slim? The Times | Not only is vinegar good for descaling kettles, cleaning windows and pickling onions, but it seems that it could help you to keep the weight off, too. | An old housewives' tale has it that cider vinegar is good for the waistline. The supermodels Ci...
