OTAGO, New Zealand, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The systemic inflammation associated with obesity has been ruled out as a link to asthma, New Zealand researchers said. Read Full Story
Farmers in “America’s Salad Bowl” are turning into hunters — stalking wild pigs, rabbits and deer — to keep E. coli and other harmful bacteria out of their fields. Read Full Story
OMAHA, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Everything else being equal, if you are happy and satisfied with your life now, you are more likely to be healthy in the future, U.S. researchers said. Read Full Story
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Canadian researchers are
challenging the widely held belief that flu shots help protect older
people from potentially deadly diseases such as pneumonia. Read Full Story
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Some Japanese survivors of
the World War II atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced
key genetic changes that may have sparked the onset of a form of thyroid
cancer, new research indicates. Read Full Story
ATLANTA, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- In preparation for hurricane season or any natural disaster the U.S. federal government recommends stocking homes with supplies, including water and a radio. Read Full Story
HOUSTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- For many, as the winds build for Tropical Storm Gustav, so do the fears and apprehension of a deadly hurricane, a Houston physician said. Read Full Story
Dysfunction in a portion of the brain may explain some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome, researchers suggest in a paper published in the Journal of Rheumatology Read Full Story