Health, Medicine, and Fitness
53Diet and Fitness
- AOL Diet & Fitness
learn more about the latest dieting trends. Find the right healthy diet plan and achieve your fitness goals.
General Medical Information
- MayoClinic.com
Information on most medical and health related matters. - IntelliHealth
Comprehensive medical information. - WebMD
Up to date and reliable health and medicine information from one of the web's largest medical sites. - The Merck Manual Medical Library
Based on the world's most widely used textbook of medicine but written in everyday language. Explains illnesses, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated. - BBC Health
Features in-depth information on many common illnesses. - DrKoop.com
A major Internet medical resource. - MedlinePlus
General medical information including different disorders in detail, medical encyclopedia, dictionary, and other articles. - The National Library of Medicine
Has sections catering to The Public, Health Care Professionals, Researchers, Librarians, and Publishers.
Health News
Health related headlines from major news sources:
BBC Health Headlines
- Dirty hospital sparks reform call
The Patients Association says hospital regulation should be reformed after a series of failings at two Essex hospitals. - 3 hours ago
- MS 'blood blockage theory' tested
US scientists are testing a radical new theory that MS is caused by blockages in the veins that drain the brain. - 4 hours ago
- Fears over rise in eye drop use
Increasing use of antibiotic eye drops over-the-counter prompts fears about drug resistance, says a study. - 4 hours ago
- Ectopic pregnancy 'protein clue'
Women with ectopic pregnancies have a lower level of a particular protein, raising the possibility of simpler tests, a study finds. - 4 hours ago
- Hospital kit 'blood spattered'
An expert taskforce is being sent into a hospital in Essex amid concerns about standards of care. - 6 hours ago
- GPs urged to 'speed up' flu jabs
GPs need to go "full throttle" to get as many vulnerable patients as possible vaccinated against swine flu, health chiefs say. - 11 hours ago
- Exercise 'no panacea' for alcohol
Exercising may cure a hangover, but cannot undo the damage heavy drinking may cause, the government says. - 29 hours ago
- Ultrasound destroys rectal tumour
A patient with rectal cancer has become the first to have part of their tumour destroyed by ultrasound, say UK doctors. - 16 hours ago
Health Headlines from Newsvine
- Car insurance scofflaws raise health mandate doubt
Thousands of drivers on the nation's roads don't carry auto insurance, despite laws in all but two states requiring it. Critics of President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan ask: What are the chances scofflaws will treat a requirement to carry health insurance any differently? - 7 hours ago
- Thailand looks to limit sex change surgery
Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult — including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year — over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday. - 14 hours ago
- WHO says Tamiflu still works against swine flu
The World Health Organization says isolated cases of drug-resistant swine flu in Britain and the United States have not changed the agency's assessment of the disease. - 15 hours ago
- 23-year-coma recovery case attracts doubters
Some scientists are raising doubts about the case of a Belgian man who reportedly started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body. - 7 hours ago
- Meat feast: Burger King's Quad Stacker and the top 10 gut-busting beef burgers (Video)
Originally launched in America in 2006, Burger King's Quad Stacker burger has this week come under fire from health campaigners in New Zealand where it has just been introduced. - 2 hours ago
- Smoking During Pregnancy, Lead Exposure Raise ADHD Risk in Kids
MONDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy or who were exposed to lead have more than double the risk of having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as other children, new research shows. - 4 hours ago
- Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, new research shows. - 4 hours ago
- Beijing woman dies from bird flu, China says
A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in a Beijing hospital, the government reported , but the World Health Organization said the case did not signal a new public health threat. - 4 hours ago
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midnightbliss says:
13 months ago
informative hub.