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Diseases diagnosed at home with kit and spit

What if you could get a home kit for testing your DNA: all you had to do was spit into a vial and send it off. The results would be posted on the ... Read More »

Obesity may be in the genes

There may be more to obesity than over-eating, under-exercising, and a few contributing medical conditions. There may be a protein to blame, a protein ... Read More »

39 new diseases discovered in the last generation, and counting

New diseases are popping up all the time, and although most remain somewhat obscure and unknown others spread rapidly and quickly become widely known ... Read More »

Laura Bush tours Africa to support AIDS/HIV programs

Last week First lady Laura Bush toured through several different nations in Africa in an attempt to draw more attention to the $2.5 million dollar ... Read More »

Mom the superwoman hero

Managing both a career and being a mother and caregiver is more than demanding. Balancing a job and balancing a family is challenging. The added ... Read More »

An epidemic of homelessness for LGBT youth

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force released a new report on homelessness in LGBT youth. Of the estimated 1.6 million homeless American youth, ... Read More »

Higher global temperatures are bringing more disease

Global warming is leading to an increase in diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Global warming has been in the news for years now, ... Read More »