Medical News Today provides hourly health news sourced and written by our own dedicated team.
Health News Headlines
Saturday 16 August 2008
Sports Medicine / Fitness photo
Phelps Eats Like A Horse And Swims Like A Fish - Consumes From 8,000 To 10,000 Calories A Day
Written by Christian Nordqvist
Most of us would end up being seriously obese if we ate 10,000 calories per day, but not Michael Phelps. In an interview with ESPN he said his calorie consumption per day ranges around the 8,000-10,000 mark, including large...
[read article]

Nutrition / Diet photo
Bisphenol A Found In Cans And Bottles Is Safe Says FDA
Written by Christian Nordqvist
Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in cans, bottles and baby bottles has an 'adequate margin of safety', according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). When Bisphenol A comes into contact with food it is still safe, says the FDA...
[read article]

Bird Flu / Avian Flu photo
Bird Flu In Indonesia: Prevalence, Mortality, And Action
Written by Anna Sophia McKenney
In order to help Indonesia improve its high human mortality due to bird flu (H5N1 influenza), more effective diagnostic methods must be used and improved case management must be implemented to achieve faster treatment with...
[read article]

Other Medical and Health News for 16 August*






* Updated hourly, headlines marked as POPULAR are based upon the number of times they are viewed. Those marked as TOP RATED are based upon visitor ratings. Finally, those shown as NEW were published in the last hour.

View other days' news for:
    August: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [16] 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
    July: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

View news for any date:

Contact Our News Editors

For any corrections of factual information, or to contact the editors please use our feedback form.

Please send any medical news or health news press releases to:


Most Popular



Follow Our News On Twitter:

Follow Us On Twitter
Get the latest health news for individual categories delivered straight to your Twitter account.
View a list of our Twitter feeds



View list of all 'What Is...' articles »