In 1972, high school guidance counselor Arthur Mullaney encouraged all the people in his community in Randolph, Massachusetts not to smoke for just one day and give all the money they regularly spent on buying cigarettes to a scholarship for the high school. The movement earned them $4,500 and became ... Read More

According to Gregory N. Larkin, M.D., Antibiotics only kill bacteria, and are ineffective on viruses, such as sore throats, flu and colds. “Antibiotics don't touch viruses - never have, never will. And it's not really news. It's a long-documented medical fact,” he said. However, parents still continue to use antibiotics to relieve ... Read More

Canada, known for its aggressive anti-smoking campaign, had to bow down to other countries as they begin to employ larger and more explicit warnings labels on their cigarette packs. The Canadian Cancer Society release a report which shows that even though Canada was the first country to print warnings on cigarette ... Read More

Residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital city, are currently protesting over their country’s lack of action regarding the current cholera outbreak. The Cite Soleil protesters attested that the UN and the  government have failed to shield them from the disease, with new cases bringing the total number of deaths due to this ... Read More

Researchers in the US have unveiled that stem cell therapy may become a course of treatment for colon cancer. Taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may trigger the death of mutated cells, thereby stopping or slowing down the progression of colon cancer. Lin Zhange of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute in Pennsylvania ... Read More

A recent study released this week reveals that Obesity rates in the United States may hit 42 percent by the year 2050, a figure higher than what was earlier predicted. Contrary to previous suggestions, obesity rates will not slow down but instead rise in US adults, said researchers from the Massachusetts ... Read More

As it is the number one cause of food related deaths, a peanut allergy is not something to take lightly. This is why a recent study conducted by the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute may have found a common factor between a pregnant mother’s consumption of peanuts and ... Read More

Alzheimer's Disease is the most common form of dementia. It is most often diagnosed in people that are over 65 years of age, although early-onset Alzheimer's can take place much earlier on. In 2006, 26.6 million people were suffering from this disease world-wide. It is estimated that ... Read More

Breast Cancer Awareness is drawing to a close, but this doesn't change the need for women to get the treatment that they need. Local hospitals fight to offer the right tools to women for the proper care while hoping that a cure will soon be prevalent. In order ... Read More

Nigeria, an African country of approximately 150 millions people, has been infected with one of the worst cholera outbreaks it has seen in years. The United Nations has warned that Cholera in Nigeria has killed over 1500 people and infected nearly 40 thousand, making this the ... Read More