Health
Weekly Challenge: Cut Calories, Not High-Fructose Sweet...
Article by Deborah Kotz | Published 02/21/12 | Comments (0)
High-fructose corn syrup -- the most ubiquitous sweetener in the Americ...
FDA to Review Inhalable Caffeine
Article by Rodrique Ngowi | Published 02/19/12 | Comments (0)
BOS...
J&J Consumer Health Segment Recalls Infant Tylenol
Article by Linda A. Johnson | Published 02/17/12 | Comments (0)
Johnson & Johnson is recalling all infant Tylenol on the U.S. m...
Scalded by Spilt Cup of Hot Tea, Two Year Old Recovers ...
Article by Emma Reynolds | Published 02/17/12 | Comments (0)
A brave toddler who suffered horrific burns after knocking over a cup of...
Oh, Baby: There May Be Arsenic in Your Formula
Article by Bryan Walsh | Published 02/16/12 | Comments (0)
A new study suggests that organic brown rice syrup — a sweeten...
Roche Warns of Counterfeit Cancer Drug in US
Article by Matthew Perrone, AP Health Writer | Published 02/15/12 | Comments (0)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of the widely prescribed cancer dr...
Kids Today Fall Short on Sleep Time
Article by Michael Smith | Published 02/14/12 | Comments (0)
Kids don't get the recommended amount of sleep -- and they never ha...
Are Cigarette Companies Right This Time?
Article by Bob Greene | Published 02/13/12 | Comments (0)
The cigarette companies -- and, boy, it's hard to say this -- may t...
High Calorie Intake Linked to Mild Memory Loss in Elder...
Article by Nanci Hellmich | Published 02/12/12 | Comments (0)
Here's another reason not to overeat: It may increase your risk of...
Yeshiva Students Run, Learn About Health (Video)
Article by Elad Benari and Yoni Kempinski | Published 02/10/12 | Comments (0)
The Bnei Akiva Nechalim yeshiva dedicates a who...
E-Mail and Twitter Harder to Resist Than Cigarettes and...
Article by James Meikle | Published 02/09/12 | Comments (0)
People are more likely to give in to urge to tweet or check email than o...
Researchers Develop Smart Phone Technology To Sense Dep...
Article by Regine Schlesinger | Published 02/08/12 | Comments (0)
CHICAGO (CBS) — Researchers at No...
Americans Getting Too Much Sodium, But Not From Salty S...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 02/08/12 | Comments (0)
Americans get too much sodium, according to a new government report. Th...
Risk of Blood Clots on Planes Increases for Passengers ...
Article by Tracy Connor | Published 02/08/12 | Comments (0)
‘Economy class syndrome&...
FDA Pushes Worldwide Device Code
Article by Brett Norman | Published 02/07/12 | Comments (0)
Millions of Americans are walking around with artificial joints, pacema...
Two Glasses of Wine a Day Triples Risk of Mouth Cancer
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 02/06/12 | Comments (0)
A new government campaign in the UK will warn drinkers that consuming t...
Separated at Birth 29 Years Ago, Indonesian Twins Meet ...
Article by Nina Larson | Published 02/06/12 | Comments (0)
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Woman Gets World's First 3D Printed Jaw Transplant
Article by Monica DyBuncio | Published 02/06/12 | Comments (0)
Doctors and engineers have joined forces to bring the world its first l...
Playing in the Sun 'Reduces Risk of Eczema and Foo...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 02/05/12 | Comments (0)
Playing in the sunshine reduces the risk of children developing eczema a...
Ohio Woman's Accidental Call to Denver Man Helps S...
Article by Candace Smith | Published 02/04/12 | Comments (0)
Loretta Smith, 70, of Cuyahoga Falls...
Parents Urge More Tests as Twitches Spread at New York ...
Article by Neale Gulley | Published 02/04/12 | Comments (0)
LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three mo...
Alzheimer's Test: Just 21 Questions Can Reveal if ...
Article by Fiona Macrae | Published 02/02/12 | Comments (0)
A quick test that tells if your loved one is at risk of Alzheimer&rs...
Rambam Bans Cigarette Sales at Hospital
Article by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich | Published 02/01/12 | Comments (0)
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Global Contest Will Lead to Help During Heart Attacks
Article by Marie McCullough, Inquirer Staff Writer | Published 01/31/12 | Comments (0)
Around the world, the hunt is on for thousands of lifesaving portable m...
Three Surprising Reasons to Give Up Soda
Article by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding | Published 01/31/12 | Comments (0)
America has a drinking problem. No, not booze. I'm talking about soft drinks. According to the Beverage Marketing Corporation, the average Ameri...
Senator's Stroke Shows They Can Hit the Young, Too
Article by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer | Published 01/31/12 | Comments (0)
WASHINGTON—...
Brain Protein May Help Control Alzheimer's
Article by Temple University | Published 01/31/12 | Comments (0)
A protein recently discovered in the brain could play a key role in reg...
Orthodox Groups Protest U.S. Decision on Health Benefit...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 01/26/12 | Comments (0)
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Two Orthodox groups protested the ...
Health Care Company Stocks Doing Well Since Health Care...
Article by Yossi Gestetner | Published 01/25/12 | Comments (0)
What happens when Government is u...
New Research on the Economic Costs of Asthma Caused by ...
Article by Ines Morales | Published 01/25/12 | Comments (0)
New research warns that the ...
'Nearly Half of Israelis Won't Receive Gas Ma...
Article by Yoav Zitun | Published 01/24/12 | Comments (0)
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Brain Games May Help Thwart Alzheimer's: Study
Article by Dr. Hadi Halazun | Published 01/23/12 | Comments (0)
Worried about ...
Airlines' Dirty Little Secret
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 01/23/12 | Comments (0)
You've gotten through airport security, and you're settling in...
Man With Two Hearts Survives Double-Sized Attack
Article by Brian Alexander | Published 01/22/12 | Comments (0)
At first there didn’t seem to be anything unusual about the ma...
Tiniest 'Miracle Baby' Goes Home
Article by Ashton Marra | Published 01/21/12 | Comments (0)
The California premature infant described as the tiniest "miracle b...
Working Out Despite a Heart Condition
Article by Esther Apt | Published 01/19/12 | Comments (2)
During a routine exam over 10 years ago, Andy Malinow was diagnosed with...
Revealing Medical Information For A Shidduch
Article by Rabbi Yair Hoffman | Published 01/19/12 | Comments (2)
Walking home from shul this past Friday night, a hanhallah member of a ...
Marijuana Less Harmful to Lungs Than Cigarettes
Article by University of Alabama at Birmingham | Published 01/18/12 | Comments (0)
A large-scale national study suggests low to moderate use of marijuana ...
Israeli Company Produces Cancer Vaccine
Article by David Shear | Published 01/17/12 | Comments (0)
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NCSY Urges Harmony in Response to Israeli Bullying
Article by BJLife News Room | Published 01/16/12 | Comments (0)
“Achdut” – the Hebrew...
Cancer-Stricken Venezuelan President Chavez Given '...
Article by Matt Roper | Published 01/16/12 | Comments (0)
Doctors don't expect him to survive until the presidential election...
Toddler Suffering With Leukemia Could be Saved by Baby ...
Article by Valentina Jovanovski | Published 01/16/12 | Comments (0)
Stem cells harvested from an infant’s ...
Dramatic Increase in Organ Transplants Recorded in Isra...
Article by Dan Even | Published 01/15/12 | Comments (0)
Dramatic increase in organ tra...
Source: John Edwards Has Life-Threatening Heart Conditi...
Article by Bill Mears and Michael Martinez | Published 01/14/12 | Comments (0)
(CNN) -- A federal judge disclosed Friday t...
Aspirin Can Cut Heart Attacks by 10% but Raise Risk of ...
Article by Jenny Hope | Published 01/10/12 | Comments (1)
Doctors should stop giving aspirin to ward off heart attacks in patients...
Ron Paul Says Corporate Medicine Not Much Better Than S...
Article by Gautham Nagesh | Published 01/09/12 | Comments (0)
Republi...
US Regulators: Enfamil is Safe
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 01/03/12 | Comments (0)
NEW YORK &...
FDA Clears Pfizer Vaccine for Adults Over 50
Article by AP | Published 01/01/12 | Comments (0)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators have approved a vaccine for adults...
Twins Joined at the Head Beat Odds of Ten Million to On...
Article by Jo Macfarlane | Published 12/31/11 | Comments (0)
Wearing her protective pink helmet, Rital Gaboura looks as if she is rea...
'Silent Strokes' Linked to Memory Loss in Eld...
Article by Alan Mozes, HealthDay | Published 12/30/11 | Comments (0)
In some cases, memory loss among the elderly may be due to so-called &qu...
Milk Intake in Teens Tied to Later Prostate Cancer
Article by Frederik Joelving | Published 12/29/11 | Comments (0)
(Reuters Health) - Older Icelandic men who remember chugging a lot of m...
How Your Diet May Affect Your Risk of Alzheimer's ...
Article by Alice Park | Published 12/29/11 | Comments (0)
In the first study of its kind, researchers have linked specific vitami...
Florida Crash Kills Doc Getting Heart for Transplant
Article by Jennifer Kay | Published 12/26/11 | Comments (1)
A heart surgeon from a Mayo Clinic in Florida flying across the norther...
Painkiller 10 Times Stronger Than Vicodin Worries Addic...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 12/26/11 | Comments (0)
(CBS/AP) As pharmaceutical companies are approaching the final stages o...
ZAKA Men Teach Arab Women First Aid
Article by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich | Published 12/25/11 | Comments (0)
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Jewish Man's Rainier Death Fuels Unusual Autopsy F...
Article by Christian Hill | Published 12/25/11 | Comments (0)
The death of a 54-year-old Jewish man on a snowy slope on Mount Rainier ...
Readied To Donate Organs, 21-Year-Old Emerges From Coma
Article by Susan Donaldson James. GMA | Published 12/22/11 | Comments (0)
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J&J Pulls 12 Million Motrin Bottles From Shelves
Article by David Henry | Published 12/22/11 | Comments (0)
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Increase in Resting Heart Rate May Signal Higher Death ...
Article by Serena Gordon, HealthDay | Published 12/22/11 | Comments (0)
People whose heart rates increased from under 70 beats per minute to mo...
Wal-Mart Pulls Enfamil Newborn After Baby's Death
Article by AP | Published 12/21/11 | Comments (0)
LEBANON, Mo. (AP) – Wal-Mart has pulled a batch of powdered i...
Another First For Israel and the World: Stem Cell Resea...
Article by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich | Published 12/19/11 | Comments (0)
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Kindness is in the Details
Article by JCS | Published 12/19/11 | Comments (0)
CHAI’s Senior Program Repairs Houses…and ...
Missing my Parent at Chanukah
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Elisheva Rabinowitz | Published 12/19/11 | Comments (0)
Helping a friend or yourself during Chanukah...
Studies May Have Overplayed Cellphone Crash Risk
Article by Amy Norton | Published 12/13/11 | Comments (0)
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Tiniest Babies Are Growing Up Healthy Despite Odds
Article by Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer | Published 12/12/11 | Comments (0)
CHICAGO – One is a healthy first-grader, the other an honors c...
Big Promise is Seen in 2 New Breast Cancer Drugs
Article by Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer | Published 12/07/11 | Comments (0)
San Antonio - Breast cancer experts are cheering what could be some of t...
Prizes to Encourage Jewish Disabled Inclusion
Article by Jordana Horn | Published 12/07/11 | Comments (0)
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Babbitt Resigns as FAA Chief After Weekend Arrest
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 12/06/11 | Comments (0)
Washington (CNN) -- Federal Aviation Admini...
Cure for Cancer? Cupertino Teen Wins $100,000 Prize in ...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 12/06/11 | Comments (0)
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Laughter and Family: Part 2
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Elisheva Rabinowitz | Published 12/05/11 | Comments (0)
In my last article called, “Laughter-What is it all about?&...
Israeli Researchers Develop Spray That Combats Antibiot...
Article by Dan Even | Published 12/05/11 | Comments (0)
If used on a large scale, their method could change the nature of hosp...
Health Official Takes Parting Shot at 'Waste'
Article by Robert Pear | Published 12/03/11 | Comments (0)
WASHINGTON — The official in charge of ...
'Israel Biggest Loser From Brotherhood Egypt Win&#...
Article by Khaled Abu Toameh | Published 12/03/11 | Comments (0)
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Boris Johnson's Bid to Keep Charedim Fit
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 12/02/11 | Comments (1)
Strictly Orthodox Jews are being encouraged to take up kayaking, footba...
FDA Examines Level of Arsenic in Apple Juice
Article by AP | Published 11/30/11 | Comments (0)
WASHINGTON (AP) —...
Three Brothers Suffer Heart Attacks on the Same Day - T...
Article by Damien Fletcher | Published 11/29/11 | Comments (0)
Two brothers died and a third is in intensive care after all suffering h...
Whooping Cough Outbreak Spreads On Long Island; More Th...
Article by Emily Smith | Published 11/29/11 | Comments (0)
Health Officials: Early Detection, Ant...
U.S. Airways Refuses to Give Terminal Cancer Patient Re...
Article by Todd Starnes | Published 11/29/11 | Comments (0)
U.S. Airways said they are standing by their decision not to refund mon...
Low-Calorie Diet Reverses Diabetes in Just Four Months,...
Article by Kerry Mcqueeney | Published 11/29/11 | Comments (0)
Is 'miracle' cure for diabetes simply healthy eating? Low-cal...
More Kids Skip School Shots in 8 States
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 11/28/11 | Comments (0)
ATLANTA – More parents are opting out of school shots for thei...
CDC: Four Drugs Responsible for Majority of Visits to E...
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 11/27/11 | Comments (0)
A study released this week finds that four drugs are mainly responsible ...
Traffic Pollution May be Linked to Diabetes Risk
Article by Reuters | Published 11/27/11 | Comments (0)
People who live in areas with high levels of traffic-related air pollut...
England Study: Low-Risk Births Don't Need Hospital
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 11/24/11 | Comments (0)
LONDON — A new study in England shows little difference in co...
A Beer a Day Keeps the Cardiologist Away
Article by Joseph Brownstein, MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor | Published 11/24/11 | Comments (0)
The benefits of a glass of wine in warding off heart disease have been ...
UK, Israel Collaborate in Regenerative Medicine
Article by Staff Reporter | Published 11/21/11 | Comments (0)
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Laughter-What is it All About?
Article by BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Elisheva Rabinowitz | Published 11/17/11 | Comments (2)
If you would ask my friends to describe me, they would say, “E...
Former Smoker Obama Urges Others to Follow Suit During ...
Article by Kelly Chernenkoff | Published 11/17/11 | Comments (0)
President Obama is lending a hand in promoting this year's smoking ...
Should it be Illegal to Smoke in Your Own Car?
Article by Karen Kaplan | Published 11/17/11 | Comments (0)
How would you feel if the government told you that you couldn’...
Pilot Locked in Lavatory Causes Unnecessary Terror Scar...
Article by Philip Messing and Bill Sanderson | Published 11/17/11 | Comments (0)
A pilot who accidentally locked himself in the bathroom of his LaGuardi...
J&J Starts Removing Toxins From Baby Products
Article by Linda A. Johnson, AP | Published 11/16/11 | Comments (0)
TRENTON, N.J. -- Am...
Talk Therapy by Phone May Ease Fibromyalgia
Article by Genevra Pittman | Published 11/14/11 | Comments (0)
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Safe Feeding Methods Pushed After Infant Death
Article by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich | Published 11/14/11 | Comments (0)
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Diabetes Could Affect as Many as 522 Million People by...
Article by AP | Published 11/13/11 | Comments (0)
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) --The International Diabetes Federation predict...
Breakthrough: Israel Develops Cancer Vaccine
Article by Rivka Borochov | Published 11/12/11 | Comments (0)
Vaxil’s groundbreaking therapeutic vaccine, developed in Israel, could keep about 90 percent of cancers from coming back. ...
Dad's Depression May Raise Kids' Risk of Emot...
Article by Denise Mann and Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD | Published 11/07/11 | Comments (1)
Study Shows Impact of Fathers' Depression on Children�...
Brave Children: Three Simple Ways To Fortify Your Scare...
Article by Adina Soclof, MS. CCC-SLP | Published 11/04/11 | Comments (0)
“We go horseback riding every w...