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The 9,000-year-old remains of a mother and baby found off the coast of Israel provide the earliest confirmed evidence of human TB.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chiu Hei-chun spent 50 years washing dishes at a roadside stall in Hong Kong only to lose his life savings when Lehman Brothers went belly up.

The number of people with high blood pressure (hypertension) has increased in the past two decades. High blood pressure is a serious and treatable condition and our ability to recognize and control it has had a dramatic improvement on people dying from heart attack over the last forty years. Much of the increase in cases of hypertension is related to the obesity epidemic, according to Dr. Paul D. Sorlie, from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. The average age at which blood pressure starts to increase is 60 for men and 40 for women. read more

Lacking the cult status of ripe summer tomatoes or the esoteric cachet of watermelon radishes and purslane, peppers may be one of the season's least celebrated vegetables.

AP - Federal health officials said Tuesday they will look into a possible conflict of interest involving a prominent toxicologist who is heading up a review of a sensitive safety issue.

TWO adverts, for Jaffa Cakes and Maltesers, were banned yesterday for suggesting the products were low-fat or low-calorie.

A DOCTOR known as the "King of Viagra" was jailed for three years yesterday for selling thousands of counterfeit impotence tablets, mainly through the internet.

Tests on leading brands of bottled water turned up a variety of contaminants often found in tap water, according to a study released Wednesday by an environmental advocacy group.

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A study in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep medicine shows that unrelated to obesity, people with severe SDBs consume a more unhealthy diet, which may be a factor contributing to greater cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. These findings were most evident among women.

A landmark study led by North Carolina State University researchers shows that African-American seniors who have trouble falling asleep are at higher risk of having memory problems - raising the possibility that identifying and treating sleep difficulties in the elderly may help preserve their cognitive functioning. The study is the first to examine the link between sleep and cognitive functioning in older African-Americans. The study, led by NC State psychology Ph.D.