Science panel urges rewrite of food allergy warning labels
Friday, 9 December 2016, 15:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
"Made in the same factory as peanuts." ''May contain traces of tree nuts." A new report says the hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain a troublesome ingredient is confusing to...
'Magic mushroom' psychedelic may ease anxiety, depression
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 15:19
Last update: about 11 years ago
The psychedelic drug in "magic mushrooms" can quickly and effectively help treat anxiety and depression in cancer patients, an effect that may last for months, two small studies show. It worked...
Drug epidemic stalls HIV decline in whites who shoot up
Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 15:19
Last update: about 11 years ago
The long decline in HIV infections among white people who inject drugs has stalled, another grim side effect of the nation's drug abuse epidemic. Health officials released the news Tuesday, as...
An Alzheimer's drug fails, but many others still in testing
Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 15:17
Last update: about 11 years ago
Another major Alzheimer's drug study has failed, leaving patients and families wondering if there ever will be a treatment to slow or reverse the most common form of dementia, which afflicts more than...
Weed is winning, but the train could still go off the tracks
Saturday, 3 December 2016, 14:37
Last update: about 11 years ago
Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying marijuana should be legal. But does that mean the federal government will let dozens of state pot experiments play out? Not by a...
Death toll from Australia's asthma reaches 8
Thursday, 1 December 2016, 14:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
More than a week after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia's second-largest city the death toll has risen to eight with one other person on life support, officials said on...
Cholesterol drug shows promise to help reverse heart disease
Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 14:30
Last update: about 11 years ago
For the first time, a new drug given along with a cholesterol-lowering statin medicine has proved able to shrink plaque that is clogging arteries, potentially giving a way to undo some of the damage...
Another failure in search for treatment to slow Alzheimer's
Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 14:29
Last update: about 11 years ago
An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's failed again in a widely anticipated study, disappointing many who had hoped drugmaker Eli Lilly had finally found a way to slow the progression of the...
Taste&Flair 4th December Special Annual Christmas Edition
Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 12:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
It's that time of year. Get ready for our 4th DEC Spectacular Christmas Edition of TASTE&FLAIR - it's a bumper edition and packed with wonderful content - have a look at a selection of...
UK ruling: The case of teen's frozen remains explained
Saturday, 26 November 2016, 16:04
Last update: about 11 years ago
A British High Court judge has ruled in favor of a teenage girl with terminal cancer who wanted to be cryopreserved - frozen- upon her death so that she might be able to continue her life far in the...