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Health Articles From 2011

The most popular health news articles posted in 2011 are shown below. To view alternative years, please use the tabs above.

356,568 views
1)
Why Is Smoking Bad For You?
151,559 views
2)
Regaining Weight Bad For The Health
143,422 views
3)
Dangers Of Staggered Overdose Of Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Paracetamol)
136,823 views
4)
Roche's Avastin Receives EU Approval For Ovarian Cancer
105,776 views
5)
Parental Smoking Causes Vascular Damage In Young Children
103,653 views
6)
Twelve Swine Flu Cases Reported In Five States, Says CDC, USA
103,208 views
7)
Poor Diet Of Shift Workers An "Occupational Health Hazard"
92,239 views
8)
What Is An Orgasm?
90,615 views
9)
Routine Breast Screening May Do More Harm Than Good
90,419 views
10)
Brain-Eating Ameba Kills Two People After Using Neti Pots
86,164 views
11)
Working Moms Are Happier And Healthier
85,033 views
12)
ADHD - Four Genes Linked To The Disorder
82,320 views
13)
Prostate Cancer - Cardiovascular Risks Linked To Androgen Suppression Therapy Ignored
77,650 views
14)
What Is E. Coli? (Escherichia Coli)
76,211 views
15)
Female Orgasm - Brain Activity Captured In FMRI Imaging Device
75,093 views
16)
Wi-Fi Laptops Harm Sperm Motility And Increase Sperm DNA Fragmentation
74,110 views
17)
Durezol And Durasal, Don't Get Them Mixed Up, FDA Warns
67,918 views
18)
Kids' Sugary Drink Intake Drops When Calorie Data Is Displayed
67,648 views
19)
Hip Implants - Traditional Ones As Good As New Ones
67,517 views
20)
Chicken Pox Parties Is "Middle Ages Vigilante Vaccination"
67,260 views
21)
How Meditation Benefits The Brain
66,788 views
22)
Children With High IQ More Likely To Subsequently Use Illegal Drugs
65,587 views
23)
Patient Has Buttocks Injected With Flat-tire Sealant, Cement And Mineral Oil By Fake Doctor
64,330 views
24)
Cookie Dough E. Coli Risk
63,479 views
25)
Norovirus Vaccine Provides Significant Protection
63,217 views
26)
Salmonella Tainted Cilantro - Over 6,000 Cartons Recalled, USA
63,172 views
27)
Breast Cancer Prevention - Part Time Low Carb Diet Better Than Standard Full Time Diets
61,099 views
28)
Flu Vaccines Will Be Enough For Half The Population - So Who Should Get Them?
60,367 views
29)
Reversing Early Sign of Alzheimer's - Animal Experiment Successful, For A While
59,243 views
30)
FDA Committee Recommends Approval Of ADASUVE For Bipolar And Schizophrenia
58,885 views
31)
Artificial Pancreas - FDA Provides Options For Designs And Studies
57,779 views
32)
High Level Of Waste In Health Spending, Says Medicare And Medicaid Boss
57,544 views
33)
FDA Approves Philips Whole Body PET / MR Imaging System
57,332 views
34)
First Time Mothers' Home Births Have A Higher Risk Of Complications
55,507 views
35)
HIV Prevention Scientific Breakthrough Of 2011
55,400 views
36)
Addressing Drug Shortages In The USA - Statement By GPhA
54,784 views
37)
Up To 4,000 Nurses To Strike, Says Nursing Union, California
54,139 views
38)
Nutrients May Stop Brain Shrinkage Linked To Alzheimer's
53,413 views
39)
Alzheimer's And Parkinson's - Elan-Cambridge New Research Center
53,203 views
40)
New Stent Type Has Rare But Potentially Serious Problem, FDA Investigates
53,095 views
41)
What Is Heartburn? What Causes Heartburn?
52,950 views
42)
Ocean Spray Original Flavor Craisins Recalled, Hair-like Metal Fragments Found
52,412 views
43)
Most Parents Not Told By Doctors Their Child Is Overweight, USA
49,962 views
44)
New Hair Loss Prevention Robot Approved By FDA
48,923 views
45)
Syphilis Rises 36% In USA In Four Years
47,812 views
46)
Weight Loss Undermined By Mid-Morning Snacks
47,663 views
47)
Bullying Pushes 7-year Old To Opt For Plastic Surgery On Her Ears
47,337 views
48)
Wine Consumption May Protect Against Nasty Sunburn
47,222 views
49)
Unpleasant Smell Linked To Gonorrhea In Men
46,640 views
50)
Pink Bibles Recalled, Linked To Planned Parenthood Funding
46,566 views
51)
What is the Dukan Diet?
46,415 views
52)
High Fruit And Veggie Diet In Females Reduces Stroke Risk
44,651 views
53)
Salt Consumption - Policy Makers Consume Too Much Of It
44,547 views
54)
Do All Women "Experiment" With Lesbianism In College? Not Even Close
44,480 views
55)
Check Children's Cholesterol Levels, New Guidelines, USA
43,785 views
56)
Just 51% Of US Adults Married Today, Compared To 72% Fifty Years Ago
43,324 views
57)
Want To Lose Belly Fat? Aerobic Exercise Beats Weights
43,012 views
58)
Coffee Emerges As Protective Against Cancer And Other Diseases
41,931 views
59)
"Think Hard Before Using Antibiotics" Message To UK Hospitals
41,653 views
60)
Ready Packed Salad Product Recalled By Ready Pac Foods Due To E. Coli
41,603 views
61)
Many HIV Positive Americans Are Unaware
41,424 views
62)
Younger Americans' Health Disparity Gets Worse
41,030 views
63)
Breast Cancer Survival In Younger Breast Cancer Patients Improves With Bone Drug
40,818 views
64)
Gene Associated with Herpes-Related Cold Sores Identified
40,741 views
65)
New Bed Bug Infestations Established Through Inbreeding, Scientists Say
40,652 views
66)
Bowel Cancer Screening Working Up To A Point, Results Of First Million Tests In England
40,323 views
67)
Man Drops From 350 To 175 Lbs Because He Was Scared Of Diagnosis
40,307 views
68)
Teen Smoking And Drinking Drops, Marijuana Consumption Rises, USA
39,433 views
69)
Obesity And Diabetes Undermining America's Overall Health
39,347 views
70)
How Not To Put On Weight During Thanksgiving - 15 Useful Suggestions
39,325 views
71)
Cancer Vaccine Significantly Reduces Tumor Size
38,869 views
72)
Knee Pain Common In Older Women
38,664 views
73)
Malaria Vaccine A Game Changer
38,350 views
74)
Gene Mutation Is A Risk For Breast Cancer Survivors
37,945 views
75)
Health Reform - Individual States Given More Flexibility And Freedom, USA
37,943 views
76)
Thousands Of Seniors Hospitalized Due To Diabetes Drugs And Blood Thinners Annually, USA
37,275 views
77)
Dream Sleep Eases Painful Memories
37,166 views
78)
Silicon Breast Implants Must Be Removed?
37,154 views
79)
Magnetic Stimulation Of Brain For Stroke Recovery
36,826 views
80)
Anemia In Dialysis Patients - Peginesatide Gets Green Light From FDA Advisory Panel
36,775 views
81)
Teen Births Hit Record Low, C-Sections Down, CDC Reports For 2010
35,375 views
82)
Geron Abandons Stem Cell Programs
35,208 views
83)
Woman Comes Out Of Dental Surgery With Foreign Accent
35,165 views
84)
Water Walking Balls Have Risk Of Suffocation Drowning And Injury
35,159 views
85)
Tylenol Maximum Daily Dosage To Drop To 3,000mg Per Day From 4,000mg
34,406 views
86)
Mixing Red Bull And Alcohol To Stay Awake At Parties Can Be A Dangerous Combination
34,142 views
87)
Magic Mushrooms Can Bring About Lasting Personality Changes
32,618 views
88)
Neuron Transplants Can Repair Brain Circuits
32,350 views
89)
16-Pound Baby Born In Texas
31,680 views
90)
World AIDS Day, December 1, "The End Is In Sight"
31,633 views
91)
GSK Lupus Treatment Benlysta Reaches Europe After US Approval
31,536 views
92)
Crossing Arms Reduces Pain Intensity By Confusing The Brain
31,522 views
93)
Facebook Stunner: Child's Kawasaki Disease Mystery Solved By Users
31,467 views
94)
Woman Shows Her Transplanted Hand For The First Time
31,023 views
95)
Are Birth Control Pills Unsafe ?
30,945 views
96)
Baby Who Developed Outside The Womb Is Born
30,464 views
97)
New Study Says Men Are Not Sex Crazed After All
30,327 views
98)
Man Holds Up Bank For $1 In Attempt To Get Medical Treatment In Prison
30,281 views
99)
Protein JAK Makes Cancer Cells Contract, So They Can Squeeze Out Of A Tumor
30,120 views
100)
Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Appearing In Various Parts Of The USA
30,102 views
101)
Prostate Cancer - Androgen Deprivation Therapy Does Not Raise Cardiovascular Death Risk
29,899 views
102)
Creative Thinkers Can Be Less Honest, Study
29,802 views
103)
Undiagnosed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) Responsible For Time Off School For 1% Of Children
29,432 views
104)
Hot-Dog Health Warning Outside NASCAR Event In Indianapolis
29,219 views
105)
Male Health In Europe In Urgent Need Of Improvement
29,217 views
106)
Early Stage Diabetes Reversible With Two Month 600 Calorie Per Day Diet
29,136 views
107)
Gay Married Men Enjoy Better Health Than Single Gay Men
29,038 views
108)
Extremely Obese Man Stuck To Chair For Two Years Found Unconscious And Dies
29,000 views
109)
Measles In Europe - WHO Warns Of Serious Public Health And Economic Implications
28,533 views
110)
Less Exercise, More TV Hours Linked To Higher Depression Risk In Women
28,509 views
111)
Foster Kids Get More Psychiatric Drugs
28,413 views
112)
What Is Alcohol Poisoning? How Dangerous Is Alcohol Poisoning?
28,324 views
113)
Baby Boomers' Aging Future Studies Reveal All; Optimism, Drugs
28,310 views
114)
Eggs May Increase Risk Of Lethal Prostate Cancer In Healthy Men
28,013 views
115)
Salmonella Scare Hits Smucker Peanut Butter, USA
27,936 views
116)
Starch Consumption Raises Risk Of Breast Cancer Coming Back
27,634 views
117)
Children's Cardiac Assist Device Approved By FDA
27,555 views
118)
Woman Shows Her New Face After Being Attacked By A Chimpanzee
27,515 views
119)
Women Need ADHD Meds As Well ...
26,347 views
120)
Alcohol Fuels Unsafe Sex
26,335 views
121)
Attending Religious Services Lowers Depression Risk And Raises Optimism
26,307 views
122)
Carcinogens - Eight Substances Added To The List
25,963 views
123)
Nucynta ER Approved For Moderate To Severe Chronic Pain Control
25,962 views
124)
Why Did I Come In Here? How Walking Through Doorways Makes Us Forget
25,957 views
125)
Chronic Pain Gene - HCN2 - Identified, Hopes For New Targeted Pain Drugs
25,754 views
126)
Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives
25,486 views
127)
What Is Serotonin? What Does Serotonin Do?
25,435 views
128)
Columbus Brought Syphilis Back From The New World
25,424 views
129)
Desk Toy Magnets Pose Deadly Hazard to Children Says US Regulator
25,348 views
130)
E. Coli Infection - Cook Cookie Dough Before Eating
25,079 views
131)
Love Study: Brain Reacts To Heartbreak Same As Physical Pain
24,929 views
132)
575-pound Spokesman For The Heart Attack Grill Dies Aged 29
24,774 views
133)
Potentially Salmonella Tainted Cucumbers Recalled In 9 US States
24,698 views
134)
Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism Or Type 1 Diabetes, Institute Of Medicine Report
24,529 views
135)
Promising Progress With Vaccine For Ebola
24,522 views
136)
Workload Recovery Influenced By Housework And Leisure Activity Balance
24,459 views
137)
Rinderpest Is Dead; Second Disease In History Declared Eradicated
24,395 views
138)
1 In 6 Cell Phones Carries Fecal Matter, UK Research
23,965 views
139)
Kidney Transplant Recipient Infected With HIV From Live Donor - Procedure Needs Reviewing
23,930 views
140)
Working Mothers Multitask More Than Fathers, And Don't Like It
23,922 views
141)
Soccer Headers Can Cause Brain Injury
23,915 views
142)
Malaria Global Mortality Down 25% In Ten Years
23,820 views
143)
BPA Levels Rise 1,221% After 5 Days Eating Canned Soup
23,812 views
144)
Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Ducklings Or Chicks, Ohio Investigates
23,618 views
145)
Hemacord - First Cord Blood Product Approved By FDA
23,289 views
146)
Nutrient Balance As Sensed By The Brain
23,278 views
147)
Binge Drinking Damages Teenage Girls' Brains More Than Boys'
23,223 views
148)
Sicker US Adults Have More Financial Problems Than In Other Countries
23,139 views
149)
Substantial Health Disparities Among Young US Adults
22,889 views
150)
Paralyzed Patient Moves Prosthetic Arm With Thoughts Alone
22,794 views
151)
Medicare To Gain 7,000 New Baby Boomers Per Day In 2011
22,656 views
152)
Afinitor (Everolimus) For Rare Pancreatic Cancer Approved By FDA
22,568 views
153)
Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott Battles Graves' Disease, What Is It?
22,562 views
154)
Exercise May Encourage Healthy Eating Via Brain Changes
22,558 views
155)
HIV Vaginal Gel Dropped From Study - Not Effective, Trial Review Found
22,461 views
156)
CDC Swoops On Smallpox Scab In Historical Society Exhibition
22,415 views
157)
Sunscreens - FDA Moves To Help Consumers Be Better Informed
22,338 views
158)
Jakafi (ruxolitinib) Approved For Bone Marrow Disease Myelofibrosis, US FDA
22,306 views
159)
Risperdal Recalled Due To Strange Smell
22,206 views
160)
Food Pyramid Gives Way To Food Plate, USA
21,968 views
161)
Going Green: Digesting Tea Defends Against Alzheimer's, Cancer
21,907 views
162)
Early Alzheimer's Disease - Brain's Cortex Size May Predict Risk
21,905 views
163)
Anthrax Attack, US Government Agrees $2.5 Million Payout, But Does Not Admit Fault
21,850 views
164)
Mindless Eating Can Make You Fat, But It Can Also Make You Healthy
21,715 views
165)
New Year's Eve Hangover Cure
21,655 views
166)
Metastatic Breast And Ovarian Cancer Vaccine - Promising Results
21,509 views
167)
HPV DNA Testing Advised For Females Over 30
21,470 views
168)
Was It Mind Blowing? Sex, Coffee, Cola Can Cause Aneurysm, Stroke
21,436 views
169)
Multaq (Dronedarone) Has Higher Death, Stroke And Heart Failure Risk For Patients With Permanent Atrial Fibrillation, FDA Warning
21,435 views
170)
Bariatric Surgery Does Not Extend Life Expectancy Among Older Obese Males
21,112 views
171)
FDA Alert : Multaq (Dronedarone) Increased Risk Of Death / Cardiovascular Problems
21,043 views
172)
Drug Resistant Microorganisms Getting Out Of Control Worldwide
20,910 views
173)
What is Claustrophobia? What Causes Claustrophobia?
20,806 views
174)
New Study Ties Blood Type To Stroke Risk
20,613 views
175)
Patient Safety Must Be Improved
20,520 views
176)
What Is Emphysema? What Causes Emphysema?
20,503 views
177)
FDA OKs HIV Drug For Children
20,479 views
178)
Tofacitinib Effective In Helping Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Trial Results Find
20,476 views
179)
What Is Vitamin E? What Does Vitamin E Do?
20,394 views
180)
HIV/AIDS Rising Rapidly In China's General Population
20,252 views
181)
Simultaneous PET/MRI Device - Siemens Biograph MMR System - Approved By FDA
20,214 views
182)
Sutent Approved For Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors, USA
20,160 views
183)
Athletes - Less Than 6% Of Doctors Follow Sudden Cardiac Death Screening Completely
20,114 views
184)
Combo Drug Treatment Lowers Blood Pressure; New High BP Guidelines Forming
20,097 views
185)
Gamers Crack AIDS Puzzle
19,915 views
186)
What Are The Effects Of Radiation On Humans? What Is Radiation Poisoning?
19,825 views
187)
Lowest Tuberculosis Rates Since 1953 When Records Began, USA
19,757 views
188)
Illegal Human Study Left Three Patients Dead - Four Defendants Get Prison Sentences
19,756 views
189)
Listeria Outbreak Spreads From Colorado To Texas And Nebraska
19,565 views
190)
Global Financial Crisis Hits Disease Prevention Funding
19,382 views
191)
11-Hour Day Raises Heart Disease Risk By 67% Compared To 8-Hour Day
19,337 views
192)
New HIV Infections And AIDS Deaths Drop To Lowest Levels Globally
19,200 views
193)
Low Salt Increases Stroke And Heart Attack Risk? New Study Says So, Many Disagree
19,115 views
194)
What Is Melatonin?
18,676 views
195)
More US Women Having Children With Different Biological Fathers
18,614 views
196)
11.7% Medication Error Rate In E-Prescribing
18,485 views
197)
Cancer Viral Therapy Attacks Tumors And Does Not Harm Healthy Tissue
18,477 views
198)
Roche Melanoma Drug Gets European Green Light
18,319 views
199)
Chicken Pox Vaccine Protects Small Infants Too, Not Just Vaccinated Children
18,312 views
200)
FDA Says ADHD Medications Are OK
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