Swiss citizens at Zurich city now have the power to decide future of “suicide tourism” law. There are two proposals for assisted suicide. One being complete ban on assisted suicide and other is limiting such proposals only to Zurich resident. People from many foreign countries such as  Germany, France including United Kingdom fly to Switzerland [...]

Today CDC(the Centers for Disease Control)announced that they are investiagting seven cases of measles in American babies who traveled abroad.Even though they were eligible for vaccination before travel,none of the babies had received the MMR vaccine for mumps, rubella and measles. Measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000 but it is still present [...]

The meeting programmed yesterday between the Health minister and representatives of the autonomous collectivity of medical interns, which had been called on Thursday by  Djamel Ould Abbès,  finally failed to take place.   This was confirmed yesterday by Dr. Remini, belonging to the residents of Oran committee, who also stated that the call had been [...]

This is a small decrease:1% less each year from 2003 to 2007.However,it is noteworthy that the figure has fallen for the first time in four decades. Some researchers have suggested links between this tendancy and cigarette consumption patterns. The rates at which cancer is being diagnosed — the incidence — decreased for all racial and [...]

More than three people infected with the H1N1 virus died in El Paso,USA and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.An epidemiologist from El Paso Department of Health emphasised the fact that people should not worry because authorities are taking care of the situation. In Ciudad Juarez(found in the state of Chihuahua) have died two people,one male and one [...]

The release of large quantities of radioactive material has serious effects on public health and on the environment.You can not see or smell the radiation, says radiation biologist Eduard Rodríguez-Farré. At the core of a nuclear reactor starting from the fission of uranium, there are more than 60 radioactive contaminants,some of them live longer and [...]

The first new treatment for lupus in a half- century won U.S. approval, a milestone for patients with this painful and complex disease that also is expected to become a leader in sales. The drug, Benlysta from Human Genome Sciences Inc., is administered once a month intravenously. Here are some facts about lupus, current treatments [...]