Three scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering genes that regulate the body’s clock This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to three scientists who discovered the genes that control the circadian rhythm, or the body’s natural day-night cycle. All three winners are American, and all three...
Would you be surprised if I told you that in a span of about 6 years (1999-2005) the mortality rate from unintended injury rose by 11% in the United States? Well you should be. Those numbers are almost too high to believe, but the statistics...
A recent Canadian study has shown that treating heroin addicts WITH heroin is a much more effective treatment than oral methadone. Now, I'm almost positive that anyone could have just assumed that heroin would be a better treatment, it is what they are addicted to...
cal errors have causing an alarming amount of preventable deaths in the United States.- An estimate 200,000 Americans will die in 2009 due to preventable medical errors and hospital infections. So you have to ask yourself, do you feel safe? I am not so sure anymore....
Baraclude is a new antiviral prescription drug used for chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) in adults who also have active liver damage. What is Hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis z virus (HBV), a member of...
