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A woman mauled by a chimp has received a full-face tranplant, showing it off to the world on Thursday. Charla Nash, who was mauled by a chimpanzee, revealed her new face to the world Thursday through the hospital where she underwent the transplant ... An ultrathin epidermal electronic system, comparable to skin, can effectively monitor the electrical activity of heart, brain, and skeletal muscle when laminated onto the skin like a temporary transfer tattoo, according to a study published in the Aug. Depressed women may be more likely than others to have a stroke. Thats according to a new study by Harvard researchers, who found that women with a history of depression have a 29 percent higher stroke risk than women who arent ... Explain that a survey of heterosexuals found that low socioeconomic status was independently associated with an increased rate of HIV infection. Health officials say a bat on a flight from Wisconsin to Atlanta last week has sparked a national search for passengers to protect them against possible rabies. Adding Indian curry spices like turmeric and cinnamon to a high-fat meal could help reduce oxidative stress and thus thwart the risk of chronic disease, according to a new study. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government on Friday laid out incentives for states and people to participate in health insurance exchanges, including tax credits and funding grants for the states. WASHINGTON - Medicare costs for hospice care have increased more than in any other health care sector as for-profit companies continue to gain a larger share of the end-of-life medical market, government records show. NAIROBI, Kenya —A cholera epidemic is sweeping across Somalia, the United Nations said on Friday, as thousands of starving people flee famine zones and pack into crowded camps in Somalias capital, Mogadishu. Enlarge Paul Sakuma/AP Ground turkey packages like this one are part of a nationwide recall and are blamed for sickening 107 people so far. A mass of red blood cells and two white blood cells, or T cells: A new study suggests that genetically altered T cells can target and kill cancerous cells in the body. A woman smokes a cigarette in Arlington, Virginia on June 12, 2009. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn) MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Women who smoke have a higher risk of developing heart disease than men, an international study published in a British medical ... By AP, WOODSTOCK, Ga. - Authorities say a crowd estimated at 4000 people at its peak thronged a church offering free dental care in an Atlanta suburb. Scientists have been making rapid progress in identifying which of your genetic traits may be associated with the risk of getting a wide variety of diseases. DALLAS, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Despite knowing tanning beds can increase the risk of skin cancer, many people still use them, and US researchers say an addictive quality may be at play. By AP Expectations are low for Gilead Sciences Inc.s new, once-per-day HIV treatment Complera, according to a Jefferies survey of physicians. Maryland has been awarded a $27 million federal grant to pay for the setup and early operations of a new statewide health insurance marketplace. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Lincoln Laboratory have developed and demonstrated a novel broad-spectrum antiviral approach, called DRACO—which stands for double-stranded RNA activated caspase oligomerizer—that may prove to ... Given how the cracks in our food system have recently expanded into troubling chasms - remember the ground turkey Salmonella scare, and the emergence of an antibiotic-resistant Salmonella strain - health experts are once again fretting about farms and ... In elderly women with breast cancer and a history of cardiac disease or diabetes, treatment with trastuzumab is associated with an increased risk of cardiotoxicity, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in the Annals of Oncology.
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