Share Gwyneth Paltrow may have settled down with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, but back in the 90s the Oscar-winning actress dated high-profile stars Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck. In a new E! special, Paltrow, 38, admits that pressure from the public eye may have contributed to the demise of both relationships. “It was strange...
read moreShare Heart attack deaths see a rise in frequency during the holiday season, a report released last week through Business Wire indicates. Researchers with Advent Consumer Healthcare said that myocardial infarction-related deaths increase around Thanksgiving and continue to climb through Christmas, cresting on New Year’s Day...
read moreShare The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced 2011′s safest car’s late Tuesday, listing 66 vehicles with superior driver protection in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes. The Virginia-based group more than doubled the number of top safety vehicles this year. Only 27 cars and trucks were selected in...
read moreShare Obesity may cause increased likelihood of dying in a car accident, new research suggests. Researchers at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in Buffalo, NY found that moderately obese drivers face a 21 percent increased risk of death in a severe auto accident, while the morbidly obese face a 56 percent increased risk....
read moreShare The James Zadroga 9/11 health bill, a package designed to provide medical care and economic aid to firefighters and responders to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, cleared Congress Wednesday. The legislation passed by voice vote in the Senate and succeeded in the House on a vote of 206-60. President Barack Obama is...
read moreShare Whole-fat dairy products may reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health assessed 20 years of health data from 3,736 patients. They found that people who consumed more trans-palmitoleic acid – a compound found in the dairy fat of milk, cheese,...
read moreShare Lindsay Lohan is facing a misdemeanor battery investigation involving a female staffer at the actress’s rehabilitation facility. Police responded to a call from Betty Ford Center facility in Palm Desert at about 1 a.m. on Dec. 12. According to AP, a female Betty Ford staffer said she got into a dispute with the...
read moreShare The Kroger Co. issued a recall of some of its pet food products Tuesday after discovering that some of the dry dog and cat food varieties contain afloxin. Afloxin is a naturally occurring chemical byproduct that poses a serious health risk to pets. It thrives on the fungus Aspergillus Flavus, which grows on corn and other...
read moreShare The common cold costs Americans billions of dollars in over-the-counter medicines each year, and some sufferers spring for echinacea, which supposedly has immune system-boosting properties. But a new study suggests that the popular herbal remedy may not have much of an effect at all. A new government-funded study reveals that...
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Share Chronic fatigue syndrome is not caused by the virus XMRV, new research suggests. U.S. scientists originally linked the syndrome to XMRV in 2009, when blood samples from chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers showed traces of the virus. XMRV is found in mouse DNA. It is closely related to murine leukema viruses, a group of...
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