http://www.mail.com/subjects/504-diseases-conditions.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/504-diseases-conditions.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104114-minn-teen-whose-farewell-song-web-hit-dies.html LAKELAND, Minn. (AP) — When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn't have much longer to live, his mother suggested he write letters to tell his loved ones goodbye. Instead, the Minnesota teenager turned to writing music — and his farewell song, "Clouds," became a YouTube sensation that has attracted more than 4 million views. Other musicians ha... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:53:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104114-minn-teen-whose-farewell-song-web-hit-dies.html 2013-05-22T22:53:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2103794-faith-healers-charged-with-murder-2nd-death.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia couple who believe in faith healing over medicine and who were on probation in their son's pneumonia death were charged with murder Wednesday after a second young child died under what a prosecutor called "eerily similar" circumstances. Herbert and Catherine Schaible ignored a court order to seek medical care if their ch... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:21:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2103794-faith-healers-charged-with-murder-2nd-death.html 2013-05-22T20:21:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2101926-cancer-society-hits-100-us-cancer-rate-falls.html NEW YORK (AP) — The American Cancer Society — one of the nation's best known and influential health advocacy groups — is 100 years old this week. Back in 1913 when it was formed, cancer was a lesser threat for most Americans. The biggest killers then were flu, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and stomach bugs. At a time when average life expectancy was 47, few li... Wed, 22 May 2013 07:14:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2101926-cancer-society-hits-100-us-cancer-rate-falls.html 2013-05-22T07:14:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2100006-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html NANTERRE, France (AP) — The makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in the deaths of hundreds of people went on trial Tuesday, facing charges they misled the public about the product's safety. But after years of delays in one of France's biggest recent health scandals, the proceedings could still be pushed back further. Between 1976 and 2009, ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:38:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2100006-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html 2013-05-21T17:38:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2100416-germanys-sap-to-recruit-tech-staff-with-autism.html BERLIN (AP) — German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information. Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior. But some people with mild autism can perform complex mathemat... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2100416-germanys-sap-to-recruit-tech-staff-with-autism.html 2013-05-21T17:31:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099690-tunisia-announces-3-cases-coronavirus-1-death.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ministry said in a statement Monday... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:50:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099690-tunisia-announces-3-cases-coronavirus-1-death.html 2013-05-21T13:50:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099360-report-nps-hantavirus-response-policy.html YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials. The report released by the Interior Department's Office of Inspector Gen... Tue, 21 May 2013 04:11:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099360-report-nps-hantavirus-response-policy.html 2013-05-21T04:11:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097518-measles-surges-uk-years-flawed.html LONDON (AP) — More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease. This year, the U.K. has had more than 1,200 cases of measles, after... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097518-measles-surges-uk-years-flawed.html 2013-05-20T14:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097256-ny-town-eyes-limit-use-plum-island.html MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. As the federal government proceeds with plans to sell the island 100 miles east of New York Cit... Mon, 20 May 2013 06:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097256-ny-town-eyes-limit-use-plum-island.html 2013-05-20T06:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097056-us-adviser-board-firm-that-sold-anthrax-drug.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday. While there is no evidence a... Mon, 20 May 2013 02:57:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097056-us-adviser-board-firm-that-sold-anthrax-drug.html 2013-05-20T02:57:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2094610-flesh-eating-disease-victim-prosthetic-hands.html ATLANTA (AP) — A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands. Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of "bionic" hands with 24 programmable functions that will impro... Sat, 18 May 2013 02:12:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2094610-flesh-eating-disease-victim-prosthetic-hands.html 2013-05-18T02:12:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2093592-cancer-rape-fraud-case-bowls-mich-community.html LEXINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young boys, said she was battling cancer just a few years after a man was convicted of her rape. "It was a little box, a very ornate box, to hold a prayer. She needed God to look over her," Con... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2093592-cancer-rape-fraud-case-bowls-mich-community.html 2013-05-17T20:56:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088612-correction-virus-story.html NEW YORK (AP) — In a story May 15 about a new SARS-like virus spreading from patients to health care workers in Saudi Arabia, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the 20 deaths attributed to the virus. There have been no deaths reported in France and Qatar, only in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Germany and Britain. The story also said that th... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:05:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088612-correction-virus-story.html 2013-05-16T19:05:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2090392-saudi-officials-expand-labs-to-track-deadly-virus.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it has dedicated nine additional laboratories to help investigators track a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS that appears to be centered in the kingdom. Thursday's Health Ministry announcement follows its report that two health care workers became ill this month after being exposed to patients with... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:33:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2090392-saudi-officials-expand-labs-to-track-deadly-virus.html 2013-05-16T14:33:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088722-details-jolies-breast-treatment-revealed.html Angelina Jolie's mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer — strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed to try to avoid the same fate, her doctor said Wednesday. Jolie, 37, revealed on Tuesday that she carries a defective BRC... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:37:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088722-details-jolies-breast-treatment-revealed.html 2013-05-16T00:37:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088068-shrinks-critics-face-psychiatric-manual.html CHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild neurocognitive disorder." Those changes are just some of the reasons prominent critics say the American Psychiatric Asso... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088068-shrinks-critics-face-psychiatric-manual.html 2013-05-15T18:37:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob." Now she's sharing intimate details of her anatomy to help women at risk, going public with her preventive double mastectomy to greatly reduce her high odds of breast cancer. It's the latest peak in Jolie's turn-around from hedon... Wed, 15 May 2013 14:58:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2086452-jolie-girl-with-tattoo-to-woman-with.html 2013-05-15T14:58:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2086610-st-louis-doctor-with-cerebral-palsy-offers-hope.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dr. Jan Brunstrom-Hernandez gently but sternly admonishes a teenage cerebral palsy patient who clearly hasn't been doing his exercises, stressing the importance of keeping muscles loose and limber. "We know it's not fair, but that's the way it is," Brunstrom-Hernandez tells 15-year-old patient Sam Ward. "Do you hear me? I know what I'm ta... Wed, 15 May 2013 07:28:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2086610-st-louis-doctor-with-cerebral-palsy-offers-hope.html 2013-05-15T07:28:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2085860-jolie-admired-bravery-mastectomy-revelation.html NEW YORK (AP) — "I hope that other women can benefit from my experience," Angelina Jolie wrote in a powerful op-ed article Tuesday, explaining her decision to go public with having her breasts removed to avoid cancer. But amid the accolades for the film star's courageous revelation, doctors and genetic counselors were careful to note that her medical situ... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:41:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2085860-jolie-admired-bravery-mastectomy-revelation.html 2013-05-14T21:41:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085374-google-ceo-discloses-rare-vocal-cord-problem.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he remains fit enough to keep running the Internet's most influential company. The explanation that Page posted Tuesday on his Google Plus profile cleared up a mystery hanging over him since... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:40:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085374-google-ceo-discloses-rare-vocal-cord-problem.html 2013-05-14T21:40:51Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083546-angelina-jolie-double-mastectomy.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times (http://nyti.ms/17o4A0f ) under the he... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:27:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083546-angelina-jolie-double-mastectomy.html 2013-05-14T20:27:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085040-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html CHICAGO (AP) — One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, "the results can be beautiful." Jolie revealed on Tuesday that she h... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:33:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085040-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html 2013-05-14T17:33:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083602-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html CHICAGO (AP) — Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results. It has le... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:52:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083602-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html 2013-05-14T13:52:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084042-india-announces-low-cost-rotavirus-vaccine.html NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government announced Tuesday the development of a new low-cost vaccine proven effective against a diarrhea-causing virus that is one of the leading causes of childhood deaths across the developing world. The Indian manufacturer of the new rotavirus vaccine pledged to sell it for $1 a dose, a significant discount from the cost o... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:23:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084042-india-announces-low-cost-rotavirus-vaccine.html 2013-05-14T13:23:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083808-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Higher prices for its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif helped German pharmaceutical and high-tech materials company Merck KGaA post a 54 percent rise in first-quarter profit. Merck also saw stronger sales of materials for liquid-crystal displays and raised its profit forecast, saying it would achieve its 2014 goals this year. Its op... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:47:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083808-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html 2013-05-14T09:47:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083812-saudi-arabia-4-news-cases-sars-linked-virus.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has confirmed four new cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS that appears centered in the Arabian Peninsula but that has also been reported in Europe. The official Saudi Press Agency said Tuesday that one patient was treated and released from a hospital, while three others remain under medical car... Tue, 14 May 2013 08:54:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083812-saudi-arabia-4-news-cases-sars-linked-virus.html 2013-05-14T08:54:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2082568-deaths-west-nile-virus-hit-record-year.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say last year was the worst ever for West Nile virus deaths. The final tally reported Monday was 286 deaths — or two more than the record set in 2002. But there were far fewer illnesses overall, and fewer serious cases than in previous years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had predicted it would be a b... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:04:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2082568-deaths-west-nile-virus-hit-record-year.html 2013-05-13T21:04:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081836-2-viruses-spark-global-outbreaks.html LONDON (AP) — Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France, where one patient who probably caught the disease in Dubai infected his hospital roommate. ... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:48:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081836-2-viruses-spark-global-outbreaks.html 2013-05-13T14:48:48Z