With the need to have more organs for people in need, a new pilot project has been launched to maximize the number of organs that can be recovered from already dead people. When people die at the hospital, it is much easier to save some vital organs. That is however not the case with [...]
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New Study: Probiotics May Offer Some Benefits To Children
A new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics which was published on Monday suggests that “probiotics” may offer some benefits to infants. The group maintains that they have found new evidence that “good” bacteria may play a key role in preventing and stopping some dangerous conditions in children. The group however maintains that there [...]
New Study: Secondhand Smoke Kills 600,000 Every Year
For the first time, the number of people that are killed by secondhand smoke has been identified. According to a new research, over half a million people in the world die every year as a result of inhaling secondhand smoke. It was identified that most of the victims were children. About 165,000 child deaths every [...]
New HIV Drug: Cost Concerns Raised
A drug that has been found to prevent HIV has been hailed by many. However concerns about the drug’s cost have been raised by many AIDS prevention groups globally. The drug, Truvada has been found to cut the risk of new HIV infection among uninfected gay men. The finding followed a new study that was [...]
Report: Gonorrhea Down, Other STDs Up
A released government report has shown that though the rate of gonorrhea has gone down drastically, the same cannot be said about other STDs. Gonorrhea infection rate is at its lowest level since the disease was recorded. On the other hand, other STDs are on the rise. Increased cases of Chlamydia and syphilis infections were [...]
Dangerous Levels Of Cadmium And Lead Found In Drinking Glasses
Laboratory tests on some drinking glasses have found extremely dangerous levels of cadmium and lead in them. The tests were commissioned by The Associated Press and it found that drinking glasses that depicted several of the comic book characters had over 1,000 times the level of lead that is considered safe for children. One such [...]