XML Health News1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder (AP)published about 14 hours ago
AP - Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind.
Delegates at UN climate conference are urged to finalize treatypublished about 14 hours ago
Delegates from about 190 countries opened a two-week conference in Poznan, Poland, which is aimed at nailing down the details of a climate change treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
PET scans for cancer detectionpublished about 15 hours ago
A new study says PET scans are one of the most effective tools in finding cancer.
Depression leads to internal fat in 70-somethings (AP)published about 15 hours ago
AP - Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study found.
Asthma inhalers to go 'green' on Dec. 31 (AP)published about 16 hours ago
AP - Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. The medicine inside these rescue inhalers the albuterol that quickly opens airways during an asthma attack isn't changing. But the chemicals used to puff that drug into your lungs are.
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