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Television has been called a 'vast wasteland,' but there is no denying the power of prime time.

Hong Kong - A three-year-old girl in Hong Kong has been treated in hospital for a kidney stone after drinking contaminated milk from mainland China, health officials said Sunday. The girl, who was found to have a kidney stone in a check-up Friday, is...

Experts claim that internationally adopted children can undergo puberty at an early age making them more susceptible to a variety of health risks as adults: abdominal obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and even certain cancers.

The 2008 Cardiometabolic health Congress (CMHC) will hold its third annual meeting October 15-18, 2008, at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Over 1,000 clinicians will attend educational sessions focusing on cardiometabolic risk, including the prevention and management of diabetes, obesity, hypertension, atherosclerosis, dyslipidemia, and chronic kidney disease. The CMHC agenda, faculty, and general congress information can be found at

The University of Pennsylvania will make a major investment in neuroscience, the interdisciplinary study of brain/behavior relationships and nervous-system diseases, with a $50 million contribution from Penn's health System to endow five new Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) professorships.