Fasting for two days could regenerate the immune system, according to research

independent.co.uk: It’s often used as a quick weight loss method – but fasting could also help the body to fight off disease.

Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: It's Complicated

Forbes.com: Epidemiology studies have provided powerful evidence linking air pollution to cardiovascular disease, especially heart attacks (MI) and stroke. By some estimates, air pollution may be responsible for 3.2 million deaths each year, most from cardiovascular causes.

Drug combination greatly boosts prostate cancer survival

FoxNEWS: A cheap, decades-old chemotherapy drug extended life by more than a year when added to standard hormone therapy for men whose prostate cancer has widely spread, doctors reported Sunday.

Treatment extends life for men with prostate cancer

GLOBALPOST: A new treatment has been shown to extend the lifespans of men with advanced prostate cancer by as much as one year, researchers said Sunday.

CDC Guidelines Codify HIV Prophylaxis

Medpagetoday.com: For people at high risk of acquiring HIV, doctors should consider prescribing antiretroviral drugs as a preventive measure, the CDC said.

Seven new #MERS deaths in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia announced seven more deaths from the MERS coronavirus Saturday, as the World Health Organisation prepared for an emergency meeting over worries about the spread of the disease.

Daily aspirin regimen not safe for everyone fda warns

TUESDAY, May 6, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Taking an aspirin a day can help prevent heart attack and stroke in people who have suffered such health crises in the past, but not in people who have never had heart problems, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Are e-cigarettes good for your mental health?

In all the debate over electronic cigarettes and their health implications, one issue is largely neglected: the implications of e- cigarettes on mental health. Nicotine has a history of being used as treatment for mental health problems and studies have found

High Country Health Insurance Shoppers Urged To Contact State

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Four Western Slope counties have the highest insurance rates in the country, and time is running out for thousands of Coloradans there who are trying to get less expensive health care.

Smart Phones and Not So Smart Parenting

Using a mobile device during meals in fast-food restaurants made caregivers less attentive to the small children they were with, researchers reported.

Vitamin D Increases Breast Cancer Patient Survival

Breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are twice as likely to survive the disease as women with low levels of this nutrient, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers in the March issue of Anticancer Research.

Baby 'Sleep Machines' Could Damage Hearing: Study

(HealthDay News) -- Some of the "sleep machines" marketed to soothe infants seem capable of generating enough noise to potentially damage a baby's hearing, a new study suggests.

Ablynx agrees Merck cancer deal worth up to 1.7 billion euros

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian biotech company Ablynx has signed a deal with Merck & Co worth up to 1.7 billion euros ($ 2.3 billion) to develop ways of triggering the body to fight cancer by itself.

Stem cell breakthrough: Scientists create embryonic-type stem cells without embryos

Scientists were able to reprogram mature stem cells to revert back to an embryonic state, a breakthrough that could make stem cell research easier and less expensive.

In experiments that could open a new era in stem cell biology, scientists have found a cheap and easy way to reprogram mature cells from mice back into an embryonic-like state that allowed them to generate many types of tissue.

Study Probes Origins of 2 Ancient, Deadly Plagues

(HealthDay News) -- Different strains of the same plague bacterium probably caused two of the most devastating disease outbreaks in human history, according to a new study.

Deadly pig virus spurs Alberta Pork to organize farmer meetings

CALGARY - Alberta’s 350 pig farmers are being asked to come out to a series of industry meetings to spread the word about the dangers of porcine epidemic diarrhea.

British man breaks `heart transplant survival world record` of 30 years

A British man has become world’s longest-surviving heart transplant patient, thus registering his name in Guinness book of world records.

Family fights to keep girl on life support

(CNN) -- The family of a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead three days after a routine surgery continues to fight to keep her on life support.

FDA to phase out some antibiotic use in animal production

U.S. regulators announced new guidelines that call on global pharmaceutical companies to phase out the use of some antibiotics meant to enhance growth in animals used for food, hoping to stem a growing tide of bacterial resistance to the same drugs when they are prescribed for humans.

Cholesterol metabolite discovered that accelerates breast cancer

Dr. Erik Nelson, Dr. Donald McDonnell, and colleagues at Duke University reported the discovery of a cholesterol metabolite that mimics the action of estrogen in the development and spread of breast cancer in the Nov. 28, 2013, issue of the journal Science.