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A new health Canada report warns Canadians of the potential health risks of climate change, including spikes in heat-related deaths, an increase in respiratory and cardiovascular problems, and the spread and emergence of diseases.

Data from a 2005 task force report show that the direct and indirect costs associated with drug and alcohol addiction in Oklahoma outpace the entire cost of running the state government.

Second Quarter 2008 Highlights * Revenue up 22% to $25.9 million * Adjusted EBITDA up 27% to $5.0 million * Adjusted net income up 70% to $2.2 million; Adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.13 * GAAP net ...

Dr. Julius Richmond, the U.S. surgeon general in the Carter administration who issued a massive report labeling cigarette smoking 'slow-motion suicide,' has died.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ordinary skin cells taken from patients with a fatal and incurable nerve disease have been transformed into nerve cells in a first step toward treating them, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

In Schedule 1, Altria Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings, the line item that reads "net of income taxes and minority interest" should read "Earnings from ...

Altria Group Altria Group (MO 20.39, -1.31) reported second quarter profits that modestly topped expectations, but slipping U.S. cigarette volume has investors worried. MO is down 6% this session. ...

Researchers report children of Alzheimer’s patients who are carriers of a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease have neurological changes that are detectable long before clinical symptoms may appear. Functional MRI brain imaging revealed that these symptomless carriers of the APOE-4 gene demonstrated significantly reduced functional brain connectivity between the hippocampus and the posterior [...]

Lovastatin, a drug used to lower cholesterol and help prevent cardiovascular disease, has been shown to improve bone healing in an animal model of neurofibromatosis type 1 . The research, reported today in the ...

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would require states to have access to at least one full-service veterans' medical center or receive comparable care from non-military health care providers, the AP/Boston Globe reports.