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Owning car, TV linked to heart attacks: study

Owning car, TV linked to heart attacks: study

Car owners with a television are 27 percent more likely to suffer heart attacks than people who have neither, according to a global study on physical exercise and heart disease published Wednesday.

Owning car, TV linked to heart attacks: study
South Florida woman receives kidney transplant from stranger after posting ad on Craigslist
South Florida woman receives kidney transplant from stranger after posting ad on Craigslist
A search that began on Craigslist.org has led Selina Hodge to a Miami operating room. Hodge, 28, posted a plea online in July, looking for someone -- anyone -- to donate a kidney.
Infant In Minnesota Develops H1N2, Unique Type Of H1N1
Infant In Minnesota Develops H1N2, Unique Type Of H1N1
Disease specialists are carefully monitoring the case of a Minnesota infant who developed a unique type of H1N1. It’s called the H1N2 virus and it’s only the second case ever detected anywhere.
What's killing America? U.S. ranks 28th in life expectancy (lower than Chile and Greece) while it pays the MOST for health care
What's killing America? U.S. ranks 28th in life expectancy (lower than Chile and Greece) while it pays the MOST for health care
A new survey on health care is revealing that you may not be getting what you pay for if you check into a U.S. hospital.
Doctor claims he can turn brown eyes blue (but he can't change them back again)
Doctor claims he can turn brown eyes blue (but he can't change them back again)
Ever wished you were the blue-eyed boy? You soon could be, after a doctor revealed he can permanently change a person's eye colour in just 20 seconds.
France to impose fat tax on sugary drinks such as Coca-Cola and Fanta
France to impose fat tax on sugary drinks such as Coca-Cola and Fanta
France is to impose a 'fat tax' on sugary soft drinks in a bid to combat soaring child obesity.
Human Stem Cells Created Using Cloning Technique
Human Stem Cells Created Using Cloning Technique
Researchers said Wednesday they used a cloning technique to create human embryos that were close genetic copies of the people from which they were derived—a potentially significant breakthrough in the quest to develop patient-specific stem cells to treat se...
Vaccine could reduce HIV to 'minor infection'
Vaccine could reduce HIV to 'minor infection'
HIV could be reduced to a "minor chronic infection" akin to herpes, scientists developing a new vaccine have claimed.
Owning car, TV linked to heart attacks: study
Owning car, TV linked to heart attacks: study
Car owners with a television are 27 percent more likely to suffer heart attacks than people who have neither, according to a global study on physical exercise and heart disease published Wednesday.

LA gives home test kits for chlamydia, gonorrhea

LA gives home test kits for chlamydia, gonorrhea

South Los Angeles girls and women looking for discreet sexually transmitted disease testing will be able to visit hig...

LA gives home test kits for chlamydia, gonorrhea

Scientists find way to "disarm" AIDS virus

Scientists find way to "disarm" AIDS virus

Scientists have found a way to prevent HIV from damaging the immune system and say their discovery may offer a new ap...

Scientists find way to "disarm" AIDS virus

Calif. schools turn away unvaccinated students

Calif. schools turn away unvaccinated students

Some California schools are turning away middle and high school students who have not received a required whooping co...

Calif. schools turn away unvaccinated students

City buildings lit blue for prostate cancer awareness

City buildings lit blue for prostate cancer awareness

Many of L.A.'s landmarks are turning blue this week. L.A. City Hall, the Capitol Records building, and others will be...

City buildings lit blue for prostate cancer awareness

Nearly 40 percent of Europeans suffer mental illness

Nearly 40 percent of Europeans suffer mental illness

Europeans are plagued by mental and neurological illnesses, with almost 165 million people or 38 percent of the popul...

Nearly 40 percent of Europeans suffer mental illness

One Sperm Donor, 150 Offspring

One Sperm Donor, 150 Offspring

Cynthia Daily and her partner used a sperm donor to conceive a baby seven years ago, and they hoped that one day thei...

One Sperm Donor, 150 Offspring

New pill to 'stop strokes'

Pradaxa is now available for use in the UK

A PILL costing less than £3 a day is being hailed as the biggest breakthrough in stroke prevention in 50 years.

New pill to 'stop strokes'

US FDA Panel Calls for Silicone Breast Implant Registry

US FDA Panel Calls for Silicone Breast Implant Registry

A federal advisory panel has recommended the creation of a nationwide database to follow women who have had silicone-...

US FDA Panel Calls for Silicone Breast Implant Registry

2 children sickened by novel swine flu strain

2 children sickened by novel swine flu strain

A new strain of swine flu has shown up in two children in Pennsylvania and Indiana who had direct or indirect contact...

2 children sickened by novel swine flu strain

Five VA patients blinded by Avastin: report

Five VA patients blinded by Avastin: report

Five patients being treated for eye disease were blinded after being injected with Roche Holding AG's Avastin at the ...

Five VA patients blinded by Avastin: report

L.A. Adult Film Productions Temporarily Halted After Performer Tests HIV Positive

L.A. Adult Film Productions Temporarily Halted After Performer Tests HIV Positive

A temporary shutdown of adult filmmaking was enforced Monday after an adult film performer tested positive for HIV in...

L.A. Adult Film Productions Temporarily Halted After Performer Tests HIV Positive

City To Issue $1,000 Fines To Anyone Harboring Mosquitoes

City To Issue $1,000 Fines To Anyone Harboring Mosquitoes

The city of Warren is cracking down on those who harbor mosquitoes after the suspected death this week of a Macomb Co...

City To Issue $1,000 Fines To Anyone Harboring Mosquitoes
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