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South Korea confirms a second outbreak of H5N1 at a duck farm, a week after reporting its first case in 13 months.
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A specific type of yoga can help improve stability and balance in women over age 65, which could help to prevent falls, finds a preliminary study out of Temple University's Gait Study Center.Dr. Jinsup Song and researchers at the School of Podiatric Medicine and the College of Health Professions examined the gait and postural stability of 24 elderly females who were enrolled in an Iyengar yoga program specifically designed for those over 65.
Algae: Anti- cancer vegetables grown in the sea Edmonton Sun, Canada - 52 minutes ago
Needed: Dentists to fight oral cancer Newindpress, India - 23 minutes ago
A man blinded in one eye during the Blitz has his sight restored by Scottish specialists, 66 years later.
Increasing numbers of UK children are being prescribed unlicensed anti-psychotic drugs, research suggests.
TENA, the UK's leading bladder weakness brand has launched a brand new product designed exclusively for the male market - TENA for Men. With 3.6 million men in the UK with bladder control difficulties, it is a far more common problem than most people realise. There are two TENA products specifically engineered for men with mild to moderate bladder weakness, both retailing at £4.49 per box.
US researchers report that exposure to cigarette smoke inhibits innate gene expression and impairs alveolar growth in neonatal mice.Sharon McGrath-Morrow from John Hopkin Medical Institute wrote in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology that their findings may in part explain the increased incidence of respiratory symptoms in infants and children exposed to cigarette smoke.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) in a letter to Senate Republicans said he might block a floor vote on global AIDS legislation, CQ Today reports. The House passed its version of the measure (HR 5501) on Wednesday while the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a similar measure (
Scientists have taken skin cells from patients with eight different diseases and turned them into stem cells.
A recent CDC study that found that black teenage girls have "far greater rates of common" STIs, including human papillomavirus, chlamydia, herpes simplex virus and trichomoniasis than whites, is "an issue that blacks can't afford to ignore," Yolanda Young, host of the video blog
A panel of experts on Thursday at a conference examined the potential effects that a voluntary employees' beneficiary association plan established under contracts between the United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers -- General Motors, Ford Motor and
Dream Team members to represent all cancer patients Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 18 hours ago
Two people die in Spain after contracting the human form of "mad cow disease", Spanish media say.