Month: October 2013

By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican chairman of a key congressional oversight committee has asked Google, Microsoft and three other U.S. companies to provide details on their possible involvement in a "tech surge" aimed at fixing a website implementing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, made the request in a letter to Google, Microsoft, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Oracle and Expedia, committee spokeswoman Caitlin Carroll said. …

LONDON (AP) — London is famed for its historic sites, its double-decker buses and its West End shows, but the city now has a more dubious distinction: Britain's public health agency says it has become the tuberculosis capital of Western Europe.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China confirmed a new human case of the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu on Wednesday, the second infection reported in October after a summer lull. A 67-year-old farmer in Jiaxing city in the eastern province of Zhejiang has been hospitalized with the virus, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing provincial health authorities. Zhejiang has recorded the highest number of H7N9 infections anywhere in China. About 45 people have died from H7N9 flu, which was unknown in humans until the first cases were detected in people early this year. …

A cancer-fighting diet should include foods containing natural compounds called phytochemicals, which promote good health. Startare said blueberries, apples, …

Here are all the details about how 10 famous women fought breast cancer while being in the public eye. Read about how they were diagnosed, which treatment they chose, and what they’re doing now.        

By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) – Dutch scientists hidden away in a top-security laboratory are seeking to create mutant flu viruses, dangerous work designed to prepare the world for a lethal pandemic by beating nature to it. The idea of engineering viral pathogens to be more deadly than they are already has generated huge controversy, amid fears that such viruses could leak out or fall into the wrong hands. …

Taft knew his weight wasn't healthy, causing an "acid stomach," shortness of … It was an unusual move, since there were several highly popular diet gurus in the … One of his books, "Foods for the Fat: A Treatise on Corpulency and a Dietary …

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis fell slightly last year but 3 million people are going undiagnosed and untreated.

In recent years, the Atkins, the Blood Type Diet and the Alkaline Diet have all been … only one in 20 dieters ever lasts the distance as eating the same foods day … as healthy as possible, both for the sake of my own health and for that of Jack, …

By Maggie Lu Yueyang SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian firefighters battled massive wildfires in bushland around Sydney on Wednesday, but hot weather that could have caused a catastrophic mega-fire did not materialize, allowing authorities to tell some evacuated residents it was safe to return to home. However, the crisis was far from over with new fires igniting and strong winds fanning blazes in the Blue Mountains, a major commuter area of small towns west of Sydney. …

To maintain a healthy weight, medical professionals emphasize that diet and … the stomach, reducing the amount of food needed to make a person feel full.

In the first part, people will get to know a healthy diet plan for weight loss that is … The fat burning foods introduced in this part are egg, apple, avocado, tomato, …