BOSTON (Reuters) - New ultra-sensitive blood tests can rapidly detect when heart muscle is dying from a heart attack, even from the moment the patient arrives in the emergency room, according to two studies on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Edward Kennedy’s death comes as a political struggle appears to be chipping away at the Democratic power-broker’s vision for what he called “the cause of my life,” providing affordable healthcare coverage to all Americans.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Edward Kennedy’s death comes as a political struggle appears to be chipping away at the Democratic power-broker’s vision for what he called “the cause of my life,” providing affordable healthcare coverage to all Americans.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of other ills, global cancer experts said in a report issued on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of other ills, global cancer experts said in a report issued on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - You’ve heard about using marijuana and drugs derived from it to keep some of the side effects of toxic cancer chemotherapy in check. But what if smoking marijuana for 10 to 20 years could actually protect against certain tumors?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - You’ve heard about using marijuana and drugs derived from it to keep some of the side effects of toxic cancer chemotherapy in check. But what if smoking marijuana for 10 to 20 years could actually protect against certain tumors?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even as the US lowers the lead levels allowed in paint dramatically, paint with dangerously high lead levels is still being sold for household use worldwide, putting hundreds of millions of young children at risk of permanent brain damage, research out this month in the journal Environmental Research shows.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even as the US lowers the lead levels allowed in paint dramatically, paint with dangerously high lead levels is still being sold for household use worldwide, putting hundreds of millions of young children at risk of permanent brain damage, research out this month in the journal Environmental Research shows.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched its first national organ donation system in a bid to crack down on organ trafficking and create a source for transplants other than executed prisoners, who currently make up the majority of donors.