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December 27, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration recommended a change in the policy that effectively prohibited men who have sex with men from donating blood for life.
December 23, 2014
Alzheimer's patients who lose memories may be able to have them restored, according to research conducted at UCLA.
December 22, 2014
A new GCC Insights study, complied by international employee health and performance organisation Global Corporate Challenge (GCC), reveals that 1 in every 5 workers is sleep deprived, and that those who sleep poorly are 54% more likely to experience stress in their job.
December 19, 2014
Life expectancy around the world increased by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2013, according to a study published by The Lancet.
December 16, 2014
A British government-commissioned review has found that resistance to antibiotics could account for 10 million deaths a year and hit global gross domestic product by 2 to 3.5 percent by 2050.
December 15, 2014
Americans' quality of life is under threat because of increasing rate of obesity and physical inactivity. It is still happening even when Americans developed in numerous key health metrics in 2014, according to the 25th Anniversary Edition of America's Health Rankings: A Call to Action for Individuals & Their Communities.
December 11, 2014
University of California, Berkeley, have linked inflated or deflated feelings of self-worth to such afflictions as bipolar disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, anxiety and depression, providing yet more evidence that the widening gulf between rich and poor can be bad for your health.
December 9, 2014
Malaria killed about 453,000 children under 5 in 2013; 90 percent of deaths occur in Africa, says The World Health Organization (WHO).
December 8, 2014
Britain's National Institute for Health Care and Excellence issued new guidelines: It advises women with uncomplicated pregnancies to have their babies at home or in a birth center rather than in a hospital.
December 5, 2014
Should you be a friend with your children? While at first it sounds nice and even "cool", this is a very bad idea that will create a lot of problems in the future.
December 5, 2014
Even in food-abundant industrialized countries like the U.S., an alarming number of people, particularly seniors, are in a state of diseased-associated malnutrition.
December 4, 2014
Is your inbox burning you out? A research from the University of British Columbia suggests that easing up on email checking can help reduce psychological stress.