It has been reported by the Climate Commission report of Australia that during climate change many Australian are at the risk of succumbing to death and infection due to heat wave.

The Journal of the American Medical Association has recently published a study, claiming that cardiovascular patients are at increased risk of getting severe cardiovascular problem if they consume salt either in excess or in scanty amount.

The American Medical Association, other physician organizations and seniors groups are looking forward to a long-term solution to the Medicare physician payment system, which will undergo a 21.2 % cut from March 1st onwards.

Members of the House of Representatives in an early vote today voted to postpone major cuts that were scheduled to go into effect January 1 next year in Medicare payments to physicians. The American Medical Association while applauding the measure said that a permanent reform was needed for the Medicare physician payment formula.

Going by the findings of a study the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, nearly 50 percent of cellphone-owning US teenagers, between 16 and 17 years, admit that they have talked on the phone while driving, with one-third of them saying that they have texted while behind the wheel.

A controversy followed after a top American Cancer Society said that the benefits of breast cancer and prostate cancer screening may have been overestimated.

A recent study says that gaining no weight during pregnancy or even losing a little weight may be healthier for obese women and their babies than gaining too much weight.
 
The investigators from Kaiser Permanente concluded that obese women who gain more weight than is required during pregnancy have more chances to keep the weight on.
 

Palm Pre is all set to hit the market as O2 offers it at £34.26 per month for two years contract. The smartphone is expected to give stiff completion to Apple's iPhone 3G available in the similar price range.

Customers will also be provided with unlimited web access and WiFi besides 600 free minutes and 500 text massages for increasing its sales potential.

The FDA staff questioned whether the proposed Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR) drug to treat multiple-sclerosis increased walking speed was clinically meaningful.
 

Researchers have found that a supervised aerobic exercise programme for heart failure patients helps better their quality of life after three months of light exercise, though the physical activity only modestly reduced the risk of hospitalization, or dying within two and a half years.