Opinion: Big hole in the health care debate

Like many Americans, I am inspired by President Obama’s commitment to health reform.  Unfortunately, what was missing from his most recent speech was a single reference to diet, exercise, smoking, stress, or anything related to the lifestyle choices we make each day. 

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Recession may worsen spread of exotic diseases

To most Americans, diseases with names like dengue fever, chikungunya, malaria, Chagas and leishmaniasis might sound like something out of a Victorian explorer’s tales of hacking through African jungles. Yet ongoing epidemics of these diseases are killing millions of people around the world. Now, disease experts are increasingly concerned these and other infections may become as familiar in the United States as West Nile or Lyme disease.

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Scientists create stem cells for 10 disorders

Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish.

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Those with rare diseases offered a chance for free treatment

They're the cold cases of medicine, patients with diseases so rare and mysterious that they've eluded diagnosis for years.

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Study Shows Where New Diseases May Arise

New infectious diseases have been appearing more often, says a study that suggests "hot spots" where the next new germs are most likely to appear. "We need to be out there in the hot spot regions looking for the next HIV," said study co-author Peter Daszak.

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Live bird flu vaccine raises hope of pre-pandemic shots

As vaccine manufacturers struggle to make a standard flu vaccine for the deadly H5N1 bird flu, US scientists have found that a totally different approach might work better.

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Memories of the Vietnam War are dimming, but veterans and Vietnamese nationals who were exposed to Agent Orange and other dioxin-laced defoliants are still experiencing devastating health effects, and birth defects have brought the impact into a second generation. Yet the U.S.

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Like most people, you probably think of cholesterol -- if you think of it at all -- and picture fatty foods and heart trouble.

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NEW YORK — Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline said today their experimental lupus treatment passed another key goal on its path to potentially becoming the first new drug for the disease in decades. Shares of Human Genome Sciences soared 33 percent on the report.

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Is NSPD-51 and HSPD-20: National Emergency Illegal?

President Obama declared a "National Emergency" today, October 24, 2009, because of the Swine Flu, but can that declaration lead to the U.S.

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Scientists at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have successfully produced liver cells from patients' skin cells opening the possibility of treating a wide range of diseases that affect liver function.

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Many hereditary diseases including cancers and diabetes could eventually be eradicated before birth after scientists found a way to "fix" the DNA of unfertilised eggs.

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In the war on terrorism an unlikely recruit, the veterinarian, is quietly serving homeland security needs. Vets, in their day-to-day duties, on farms and in the field, are acting as a kind of early warning system to detect agro or bio-terrorism events.

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Many food additives have been studied and linked to various diseases. Becoming informed about the additives in everyday food items can make for an easier shopping experience and healthier food for everyone.

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Often called the "disease of kings" because of its association with the rich foods and copious alcohol once available only to aristocrats, gout is staging a middle-class comeback as American society grows older and heavier.

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The threat of deadly new viruses is on the rise due to population growth, climate change and increased contact between humans and animals. What the world needs to do to prepare.

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STANFORD, Calif. — Health Web sites that tell teens about sex are often riddled with errors and omissions, according to new research from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine.

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AIRLINE and travel stocks nosedived yesterday as investors were gripped by fears that the deadly swine flu outbreak will spark a travel slump reminiscent of the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) epidemic.

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A new strain of swine flu found in people in the United States and Mexico is raising fears of a possible pandemic. Learn more about the disease and why it is causing concern.

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Millions of Americans gobble down diet sodas, artificial sweeteners and thousands of other products that contain huge amounts of aspartame and never even imagine that they could literally be destroying their health.

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Excerpt: There has been CCTV, finger printing and eye recognition. Now comes body odour profiling. In its ongoing efforts to nail the bad guys, the US Department of Homeland Security is investing heavily in the sniff test: "odourprint".

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FOR the first time in more than a decade, the rate at which residents here are catching tuberculosis is on the rise. Last year, 39.8 in every 100,000 Singaporeans and permanent residents here came down with tuberculosis last year, up from 35.1 in 2007.

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A breakthrough by British scientists could allow stem cells to be safely made from human skin, avoiding the need to use ethically controversial embryos. The landmark research brings the dream of using such cells to combat intractable diseases – from Alzheimer's to cancer – …

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Want a daughter with blond hair, green eyes and pale skin?

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Partnering with other Israeli scientists, Tel Aviv University is currently building and commercializing its water-testing mini-labs to measure and monitor how genetically engineered bacteria respond to pollution such as E. coli in water. ...

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In the blink of an eye, people at risk of becoming blind can now be screened for eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.

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"Human antibodies that neutralize" various strains of flu have been found, according to researchers whose study is published in the journal Nature Structural &Molecular Biology

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Excerpt: Many of us share just about everything with our pets. After all, theyare part of our families. We share our home, our food, even part of our couch.

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A customer claims a mouse was the main ingredient in her dish at a Chinese buffet in El Paso, Texas. Warning: the video is very graphic.

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Many tropical illnesses that kill millions of people in developing countries are significantly under-funded and are not being adequately studied, researchers note in a new report.

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Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish.

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