October 27, 2015 China says bird flu death toll rises to 14 China reported another death and three new infections from a new strain of avian influenza known as H7N9 on Monday, bringing the total death toll to 14 and the number of infections to 63, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
October 27, 2015 New Ad Targets McDonald's McDonald's Corp. is the target of a new television commercial set to air in Washington, D.C., Thursday that blames the burger giant for heart disease
October 27, 2015 Armadillos Are Source of Leprosy in Southern U.S. Armadillos, with their sharp claws and body armor, don't have a reputation for being cuddly. New research should make them even less so. They turn out to be a potential source of leprosy in genetically-susceptible humans
October 27, 2015 Placebos Help, Even When Patients Know About Them Placebos can help patients feel better, even if they are fully aware they are taking a sugar pill, researchers reported on Wednesday on an unusual experiment aimed to better understand the "placebo effect"
October 27, 2015 Most internists don't plan to stay in primary care Less than a quarter of new doctors finishing an internal medicine training program planned to become a primary care physician instead of a specialist, in a new study
October 27, 2015 Decontaminating patients cuts hospital infections dramatically Infections in U.S. hospitals kill tens of thousands of people each year, and many institutions fight back by screening new patients to see if they carry a dangerous germ, and isolating those who do. But a big study suggests a far more effective approach: Decontaminating every patient in intensive care.
October 27, 2015 Food allergies cost US families billions per year Children's food allergies cost the United States about $25 billion a year, new research suggests
October 27, 2015 Anorexia Might Be a Disease Like Diabetes, Scientists Say Anorexia may be a disorder more of the metabolism than the mind, according to a new paper that argues the disease is a sort of cousin of diabetes
October 27, 2015 Exposure therapy good addition for OCD treatment, study suggests Exposure therapy and antidepressants help lessen the severity of symptoms for people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) more than the medication alone, according to a new study.
October 27, 2015 USDA seeks offspring of California dairy cow with mad cow disease The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is searching for possible offspring of a California dairy cow that contracted mad cow disease, saying these animals also could have been infected with the brain-wasting ailment