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Study Shows Changes in Fighters’ Brains Before Symptoms

a shared story    4 weeks 8 hours 3 minutes ago
A study in Las Vegas has found that boxers’ brains may show physical changes in areas that deal with functions like memory and alertness before they exhibit any cognitive declines.  





Timely malaria treatment a matter of life and death for Congolese children

a shared story    4 weeks 8 hours 3 minutes ago
Malaria claims thousands of young lives in the DRC each year, but a successful project in remote Kimbi shows it needn't be soAs the sun went down and the ridges of the Mitumba mountains turned a smoke blue, a line of mothers sat quietly on a...(more) 





How drugs change my child's life

a shared story    4 weeks 1 day 10 hours 3 minutes ago
A County Antrim woman speaks of how drugs turned her happy child into a withdrawn and agitated teenager. 





World Briefing | Asia: Vietnam: Illness Stirs Appeal for Help

a shared story    4 weeks 1 day 11 hours 3 minutes ago
Vietnam has asked international health experts to help investigate a mystery illness that has killed 19 people and sickened 171 others in Quang Ngai Province.  





Boy Who Survived Heart Attack Dies During Baseball Practice

a shared story    4 weeks 1 day 17 hours 3 minutes ago
An Oregon middle school student died Friday after collapsing during baseball practice, just months after he suffered a heart attack during basketball practice and later underwent surgery to correct a heart defect. According to ABC affiliate KATU-TV in Portland, witnesses said 12-year-old Isaac Arzate started... 





The New Old Age Blog: Heart Transplants for Older Patients

a shared story    4 weeks 1 day 18 hours 3 minutes ago
Because of changes in medical guidelines, older patients like former Vice President Dick Cheney are now somewhat more likely to receive heart transplants.  





The Doctor’s World: Dick Cheney’s Medical History Traces Milestones in Heart Care

a shared story    4 weeks 2 days 1 hour 3 minutes ago
Since his first heart attack at 37, the former vice president, who recently got a heart transplant, has benefited from nearly every procedure, technology and class of drug available to those with his condition.  





Men set to live as long as women

a shared story    4 weeks 2 days 2 hours 3 minutes ago
The gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics. 





The Science and History of Treating Depression

a shared story    4 weeks 3 days 1 hour 3 minutes ago
Just because the wonder drugs of the ’90s have disappointed doesn’t mean the science should be completely discarded. But it does mean we need a more sophisticated theory of depression.  





Ireland Takes Up Bill on Abortion Access

a shared story    4 weeks 3 days 12 hours 3 minutes ago
Legislation would carry out a 1992 court ruling that called for an exception to a constitutional ban if pregnancy threatened a woman’s life.  





'My girlfriend found my cancer'

a shared story    4 weeks 3 days 15 hours 3 minutes ago
'I was diagnosed with testicular cancer at 17' 





Watch: Alzheimer's Patients Targeted By Scammers

a shared story    4 weeks 4 days 1 hour 3 minutes ago
Scammers bilk thousands out of the unsuspecting seniors. 




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