Alot of people with nasal allergies blame their springtime hay fever symptoms on brightly colored flowers, but these might not be the cause of their symptoms. Most plants with bright…

About 850 children up to 14 years of age develop cancer each year in Canada, and approximately one sixth of that number die each year, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. The society says the significantly lower number of deaths is due to better treatment for most cancers. The report adds that while the incidence of childhood cancer (aged 0-14) has been constant since 1985, the mortality rate has continued to fall.

Surgeons at the The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, have carried out the first simultaneous six-way kidney transplant operation involving six donors and six recipients that were paired using a “domino” system that relies on altruistic donation to facilitate better matching of recipients with volunteer donors.

When Bear Stearns faced bankruptcy in March, “the federal government took unprecedented action” to address the problem, but the recent Medicare trustees’ report, showing that the growing number of retirees and the rising costs of benefits threaten “the entire U.S.

Not eating your apple a day? Perhaps you should be. Adults who eat apples, apple juice and applesauce have a significantly reduced risk of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of health problems that are linked to numerous chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Scientists from UCL (University College London) have identified a key difference between people who can fight the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) off successfully and those who fail to do so - that a group of cells important in controlling the disease are triggered to ‘commit suicide’ in patients who are chronically infected. This discovery provides an important new focus for developing therapies or vaccines that boost the body’s ability to manage this infection.

After peaking in the early 1990s, overall kidney cancer deaths have now dropped across Europe, according to a detailed study of mortality rates for 32 countries. The study is published in the journal BJU International (British Journal of Urology International).The review is based on official death records collated by the World HealthOrganization from 1984 to 2004.

Women ages 40 and older have more contraceptive options than in previous years, during which their contraceptive options were often limited to tubal ligation surgery and condoms, the AP/Google.com reports. According to the AP/Google.

World Vision Uganda recently hosted a conference to examine issues surrounding antiretroviral drug access among children in the country, the New Vision/AllAfrica.com reports.

The Chicago Tribune on Sunday examined the “unexpected challenges” that some parents of HIV-positive teenagers face. According to the Tribune, “thousands of parents who adopted” children living with HIV/AIDS in the late 1980s through the mid-1990s “had not planned” on the children surviving into adolescence and adulthood.