Medical News Today provides hourly health news sourced and written by our own dedicated team.
Health News Headlines
Sunday 5 February 2012
Sexual Health / STDs photo
Has Komen Shot Itself In The Foot?
Written by Christian Nordqvist
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity which until recently had an enviable reputation as being totally impartial and focused purely on saving women's lives, may have caused itself irreparable damage... [read article]

Sexual Health / STDs photo
Baby Boomers Getting More Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Written by Christian Nordqvist
Baby boomers in the leading three English-speaking economies, the USA, UK and Canada, are being diagnosed at progressively higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), according to a report written by researchers... [read article]

Endocrinology photo
What Is Hyperthyroidism? What Causes Hyperthyroidism?
Written by Christian Nordqvist
Hyperthyroidism, also known as overactive thyroid, is a medical condition caused by an abnormally high level of thyroid hormone in the bloodstream. The thyroid gland produces an excessive amount of thyroid hormones... [read article]


Other Medical and Health News for 5 February*


* 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:
    February: 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
    January: 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 »