Health/Science

LONDON – A low dose of aspirin may reduce colon cancer cases by a quarter and deaths by a third, a new study found. But experts say aspirin’s side effects of bleeding and stomach problems […] […]

ST. MARC, HAITI—An outbreak of severe diarrhea has killed at least 135 people in rural central Haiti and sickened hundreds more who overwhelmed a crowded hospital Thursday seeking treatment. Health workers suspected the disease is […] […]

SNORING sufferers are more likely to have shrunken brains and damaged arteries. Snoring has been comedy fodder at least as far back as Chaucer, but Australian research shows it to be no laughing matter. One […] […]

SCIENTISTS have found a gene that appears to play a key role in the onset of depression. The finding could unlock new avenues for drug engineers. A gene, MKP-1, was identified by Yale University investigators […] […]

CALGARY—Police say the mother of a newborn boy found alive in the garbage dumpster at a housing complex says she didn’t know she was pregnant until after she gave birth. The baby was allegedly found […] […]

A WOMAN pronounced “very certainly clinically dead” at a French hospital woke up hours later after her sons refused to turn off her life-support system. Doctors were preparing cancer patient Lydie Paillard, 60, for a […] […]

A 15-YEAR-OLD teenager from Wales has prompted a global internet campaign against a phony “miracle drug” after posting warnings about it on the social networking website Twitter. Rhys Morgan, a 15-year-old who suffers from Crohn’s […] […]

NEW YORK, N.Y.—Celine Dion has been admitted to a Florida hospital to prevent the early delivery of her twins. A representative for the superstar singer said Monday that Dion is at St. Mary’s Medical Center […] […]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in an effort to raise the awareness, Annette McLeish, a cancer survivor for over nine years, has decided to share her journey with us […] […]

Scientists have raised serious concerns about the widespread use of one of the world’s most common painkillers after studies showing that codeine may be unsafe, ineffective and potentially addictive for the millions of people who […] […]