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Title: Hopes for AIDS Vaccine Still Alive Despite Setbacks
Category: Health News
Created: 12/2/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/2/2008

Title: Radioactive 'Seed' Rx Helps Women With Implants Fight Breast Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 12/2/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 12/2/2008

Title: Obesity
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 12/1/2008

The American Red Cross is asking people across the nation to help disaster victims by raising $30 million in 30 days. This holiday season push will put the final touch on the $100 million goal for the Red Cross Campaign for Disaster Relief. Already, the campaign has raised nearly $70 million since its launch in September, and the Red Cross hopes to meet its target before the year ends.

Youth are more likely to utilize recreational facilities when they can access them quickly and safely, according to a study in the December issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, the official scientific journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Mollie Greves Grow, M.D.

The NHS Alliance/Humana PBC Partnership, supported by Dr Foster Intelligence, is among the five providers appointed by the Department of Health to support the PBC Development Framework for Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts and practice-based commissioners.

Is it really possible for an African desert plant to be used as an effective diet aid? What we know is that this plant grows wild in the desert of South Africa. The Kalahari bushmen have been eating Hoodia for centuries to stop hunger during their long journeys. It seems that one particular molecule known [...]

With the increasing number of people affected with obesity and the associated health risks, there are millions of people who have weight loss on their minds. Many people know when they should lose weight but they put it off till later. As a result, they make no serious attempt to bring down their weight to [...]

There are many diet and weight loss programs in the market today. However, when Dr. Dean Ornish first introduced his diet program, some people thought he was crazy. That’s not because the diet wouldn’t work, but they reasoned that it was so restrictive that nobody would follow it consistently. But then Dr. Ornish proved that [...]