Health News and Scoops

Many pregnant women may not get STD tests

Doctor Medical — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:26 +0000

By Amy Norton NEW YORK | Thu May 17, 2012 11:33am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite recommendations that pregnant women have tests for certain sexually transmitted diseases, many may not be getting them, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of nearly 1.3 million U.S. women who had blood work done during pregnancy, [...]

Sex, age may affect athletes’ concussion recovery

Doctor Medical — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:18 +0000

By Amy Norton NEW YORK | Thu May 17, 2012 11:45am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Female and high school athletes may need more time to recover from a concussion than their male or college counterparts, a new study finds. Researchers found that of 222 young athletes who suffered a concussion, female athletes tended [...]

Lotus Brands Obtains Organic Handler Certification

Doctor Medical — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:03:13 +0000

Twin Lakes, WI, May 17, 2012 –(PR.com)– Light Mountain and Color the Gray have been made solely with 100% organically grown botanical ingredients with no artificial ingredients, no chemicals, no ppd, no peroxide, no ammonia, no formaldehyde, no metallic salts, and no preservatives for a number of years. With this certification, Light Mountain and Color [...]

Peter Jansen, Creator of Open Source Tricorder, Joins Scanadu

Doctor Medical — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:03:05 +0000

Mountain View, CA, May 16, 2012 –(PR.com)– Scanadu, the Silicon Valley based startup building the Medical Tricorder, today welcomes Peter Jansen, the one-man force behind the Open Source Science Tricorder. Jansen joins a brilliant 12-person team backed by the likes of Stephen Wolfram and Nicholas Negroponte. Peter Jansen, PhD, recently made media waves when, on [...]

iTriage to Sponsor 3rd Annual Cutting For A Cure

Doctor Medical — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:03:01 +0000

New York, NY, May 16, 2012 –(PR.com)– iTriage® has been named a corporate sponsor for Cutting For A Cure, which reinforces its commitment to providing free health information and raising awareness of curable diseases through early detection. As a leading consumer mobile and Web application, iTriage helps people answer the two most common medical questions: [...]