India is polio-free after 3 years with no new case
The scourge of polio ends in India with a lively 4-year-old girl, Rukhsar Khatoon, who became ill as a baby after her parents forgot to get her vaccinated.
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When it's more than just a flesh wound
If you have a sore that hasn't improved in a month then chances are you are not receiving the specialised care you need.
Mar 27, 2014
Estimating county health statistics by looking at tweets
A researcher at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has found that Twitter knows if you're obese—or at least, if your county is. Tweets can accurately predict a county's rates of obesity, diabetes, teen births, health ...
Mar 27, 2014
Range of cures likely for tinnitus
(Medical Xpress)—Tinnitus researchers agree that there may never be a single cure for tinnitus, but instead a range of treatments for different types of tinnitus will be needed.
Mar 27, 2014
Eye movement when reading could be an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers have suggested that alterations in eye movements when reading could be linked to impairments in working memory and an early indication of Alzheimer's disease according to a new study published in the Journal of ...
Mar 27, 2014
Colon cancer decreases but misconceptions remain
(Medical Xpress)—Recent reports have shown that colon cancer rates have fallen by 30 percent over the past decade, particularly in people over age 50, because of the effectiveness of colonoscopies and awareness efforts ...
Mar 27, 2014
