New Taxes to Take Effect to Fund Health Care Law
As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the new levies, which take effect in January, include an increase in the payroll tax on wages and a tax on investment income....
View ArticleSex hormone boost perks up grumpy old men - and protects against heart attacks
Injections of testosterone could offer new hope to thousands of men with low libido – as well as protect them against heart attacks, a new U.S. study suggests....
View ArticleThe new EU rules that say additives are healthier for us than broccoli
A list of health claims authorised by the European Commission include recommendations to switch broccoli for Ribena and tea for energy drinks....
View ArticleNew jab cuts hours spent in hospital for blood cancer patients
Thousands of patients with blood cancer will no longer be forced to sit in hospital for hours while receiving a key drug treatment, new research shows....
View Article'Super Saturday' hero Greg Rutherford won gold thanks to a diving chamber...
Long-jumper Greg Rutherford, 25, suffers repeated hamstring tears, which nearly ended his career, and credits his Olympic success to a controversial oxygen treatment....
View ArticleChocolate coat your throat: Chocolate 'stops' persistent coughs
A bar of dark chocolate a day may be better than drops as a compound in cocoa has been shown to reduce symptoms of both acute and chronic coughs....
View ArticleVideo: New family doctors in short supply
The Association of American Medical Colleges warns that by 2020, the U.S. will have a shortage of 45,000 family doctors. But as Barry Petersen reports, the cure may be found where the problem is most...
View ArticleChocolate can help you beat persistent coughs
A bar of dark chocolate a day may be better than drops as a compound in cocoa has been shown to reduce symptoms of both acute and chronic coughs....
View ArticleAriad drug proves effective in curbing chronic leukemia in study
(Reuters) - An experimental leukemia drug from Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc eliminated the cancer from the bone marrow of nearly half of patients with a chronic form of the disease who had stopped...
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