As public health officials worry about children skipping immunizations, new reports suggest that low reimbursement rates may prevent some doctors from giving shots.

Though fatalities are down, accidental poisoning remains a top danger for children, according to a new report.

Speed. That's the top reason nearly 600 adults and teens cited for frequently eating fast food in a new study. Nutrition and fun ranked last.

An overwhelmingly approved ballot initiative makes Switzerland the first with a legalized plan that allows addicts to inject the drug under medical supervision.

A treatment and possible cure for HIV and AIDS celebrates its 10th anniversary, though doubts over its effectiveness linger.

After the baby formula scare in China sickened thousands of infants, trace amounts of the chemical responsible will be allowed in formulas sold in the United States.

As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.

They argue that the world has entered a post-AIDS era in which the disease's spread has largely been curbed in much of the world, Africa excepted.

'AIDS is a terrible humanitarian tragedy, but it's just one of many terrible humanitarian tragedies,' said Jeremy Shiffman, who studies health spending at Syracuse University.

Chinese health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency pledged to fight discrimination against people with the disease in China with the unveiling Sunday of a massive red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness, at the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing.

Organizers said the fear of being stigmatized at work or in their communities is discouraging many people at risk of HIV infection from being tested. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.

After years of denying that AIDS was a problem, Chinese leaders have shifted gears in recent years, confronting the disease more openly and promising anonymous testing, free treatment for the poor and a ban on discrimination against people with the virus.

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Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday.

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Personal Injury Law
Friday, November 28, 2008

BALTIMORE - A Maryland jury on Oct. 20 awarded a tenant of the Housing Authority for Baltimore City $303,834 in damages for pain and suffering and economic damages caused by mold contamination in her apartment (Nornita Hyman v. Housing Authority for Baltimore City, No. C-24- 06-010789, Md. Cir., Baltimore).

From Mealey's Litigation Report: Mold

Health Protection Agency blames a sharp rise in measles cases in 2008 on the low uptake of the MMR vaccine A boy receives a MMR vaccination at his primary school.

Candy-flavoured little cigars that are packaged in ways to appeal to children are the industry's way of getting them addicted to tobacco and should be banned, Liberal and NDP members of the Ontario legislature ...

At the Planned Parenthood of Indiana, 'tis the season of giving health care and contraception. But it's a sentiment that opponents of abortion and artificial birth control say denigrates the holiday season.

The network of 35 clinics across the state announced it is offering holiday vouchers for basic health care services 'or the recipient's choice of birth control method.'

The organization decided to offer the vouchers because so many people are uninsured or are putting off health care because of prohibitive costs, said Betty Cockrum, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Indiana. Nearly 800,000 Indiana residents don't have health insurance, she said.

Millions of dogs suffer from arthritis. Recently, veterinarians have been integrating stem cell therapy into treatment plans for arthritic pets.

The off-color jokes flew around the room. As the anecdotes got bawdier, the laughter intensified. Some recited from memory, others read from notebooks they brought along.

The setting for the hilarity was the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center at Montefiore Hospital. The participants were cancer patients, some with advanced stages of the illness.

They were taking part in the hospital's monthly 'Strength Through Laughter' therapy. It is one of several types of laughter or humor therapy being offered by medical facilities around the country for patients diagnosed with cancer or other chronic diseases.

Research suggests that a common, helpful immune response can contribute to a variety of problems, such as heart disease, cancer, and now epilepsy.

To combat Japan's declining birthrate, companies are urging workers to spend more time with their families, hoping that procreation will increase.