Health

CINCINNATI — Crest and Oral-B announced today that they are giving mouths of America a makeover. Inspired by startling statistics on the state of America’s oral health, including the fact that tooth decay affects more than 90 percent of adults over age 40(1), Crest and Oral-B have

PRINCETON, N.J.– Novo Nordisk announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Norditropin® FlexPro® (somatropin [rDNA origin] injection), a pre-filled injection pen to be used by children and adults with growth hormone disorders. It will be available in the

In the amount of time it takes the average person to walk the distance of a 5K race, 68 people will suffer a stroke. Houstonians join The Methodist Hospital System to battle a disease that affects someone every 40 seconds. The fourth annual Methodist Stride4Stroke 5K Walk/Run at Rice University

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced the first deployment of the Accenture Life Safety Solution, a wireless-enabled gas detection system that helps protect workers in potentially hazardous environments. The solution combines Wi-Fi and location-based technologies with gas detectors to allow

Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) to provide high-tech applications and smartphones that will

Former President Bill Clinton, who had quadruple bypass surgery more than five years ago, was hospitalized Thursday to have a clogged heart artery opened after suffering discomfort in his chest. The 63-year-old Clinton was “in good spirits and will continue to focus on the work of his

If you suffer migraines when the weather changes, the temperature outside could be to blame. In a new study of thousands of people who showed up in a Boston emergency room with severe headaches, a spike in heat was found to be a strong migraine trigger. “This adds weight and evidence to the

Strokes in children are rare — about 2.4 per 100,000 kids per year in the U.S. — but that’s two to four times more often than previous estimates, new data show. Strokes in children are particularly heartbreaking as they often result in a lifetime of special needs. It’s an

Quick Read: Sky News have reported that ice teas available from high street chains such as Starbucks, Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee can increase the risk of cancer and obesity due to containing upto a quarter of the daily calories for women. The Ice Tea list in full: Starbucks Venti dark berry

The UK has moved past the stage of containing the swine flu outbreak and into the “treatment phase”, he said. The World Health Organisation raised its alert to level 6, recognising that A(H1N1) swine flu has spread to pandemic levels around the globe. The vast majority of cases of