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 According to a preliminary study conducted by the University of Washington
in Seattle a
mix of acetaminophen also known as Tylenol and caffeine ca lead to liver
damage, especially in heavy caffeine drinkers.
Although previous studies have linked alcohol consumption
and use of acetaminophen to liver damage, this is the first study...
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 The American Dental Association's is still unsure weather to
allow Wrigley's sugar-free gum products to bare the seal of acceptance or not.
The seal, usually reserved for products such as toothpaste,
dental floss and toothbrushes, will now be displayed on packages of Orbit,
Extra and Eclipse, which have been clinically proven to...
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 David Rowe at the University of Connecticut Health Center
has said he is developing a special breed of mice that he hopes in the future
will lead to helping limb injuries like
the ones US troops are returning with from Iraq.
Rowe, a professor of reconstructive medicine, recently began
work on growing mice that will not reject...
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 According to recent statistics, blood banks across the USA have a
shortage of blood due to the aging donor population and ever-changing donor
restrictions.
Some banks, including blood banks in Washington, Kansas
and Georgia, have dropped their minimum age for donors from 17 to 16. Others
are using networking sites MySpace and...
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 According to a recent study meant to analyze the factors
that lead to overweight teenagers, one of the major reasons are the
surroundings.
Apparently teens in lower-income families are exposed to
more fast food, junk food and other toxic environmental influences than those
in higher income ones.
Obesity experts have been saying...
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 According to recent studies, people traveling on long flights
are more likely to develop (DVT) deep vein thrombosis.
Long-haul flights roughly triple the chances of deep vein
thrombosis (DVT), according to a new study.
Dutch scientists conducted the first attempt to assess the
risk of air travel by surveying almost 9,000...
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 A 19-year-old girl, Rachel Futterman, going to the University of South Florida died after just a few days
from being diagnosed with meningitis. The news of the young girl’s death has
left people shocked all over Florida
State.
University health officials first told the sorority sisters
that Futterman had viral meningitis, a...
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 According to the FDA, US Food and Drug Administration, the
apple flavored Baby's Bliss gripe water could possibly be contaminate with a
parasite that causes intestinal infection and thus strongly warns consumers to
stop using the product.
The gripe water carries the code 26952V and an expiration
date shown as 10/08 (for October...
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 Lucile Packard Children's Hospital doctors are getting ready
to surgically separate 2-year-old twin girls that were born conjoined at the
chest and abdomen.
The two girls, Yurelia and Fiorella Rocha-Arias of San Jose, are dew to go
under the knife in late November. This give the doctors time to complete the
stretching process of...
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 Starting with next year schoolgirls in Ulster will have an extra chance in
preventing sexually transmitted infections linked to cervical cancer thanks to
a new vaccine.
The vaccine will be available starting next year and offers
greater protection against the deadly disease than previously thought.
Most cases of cervical cancer...
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