150,000 more US heat deaths projected by 2100
Killer heat fueled by climate change could cause an additional 150,000 deaths this century in the biggest U.S. cities if...
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Mayor seeks more help to slash NOLA murder rate
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked the federal government on Tuesday for more help fighting a murder epidemic that took...
Death rate drops among Americans with diabetes
A 40 percent decline in the death rate of diabetic American adults from heart disease and strokes is a sign that patients...
U.S. states urge return of drug used in executions
Fifteen states asked the U.S. Justice Department on Monday for help in obtaining an anesthesia drug they use in executions...
Singer Robin Gibb, Bee Gees co-founder, dies at 62
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who with brothers Barry and Maurice helped define the disco era with their falsetto harmonies...
Study suggests lower risk of death for coffee lovers
In a new study of 400,000 older Americans, those who reported drinking a few daily cups of coffee were less likely to die...
Health by numbers: A statistician's challenge
The next time a headline tells of a sharp fall in measles deaths around the world, or an increase in those on treatment for...
Athletes' sudden deaths expose big knowledge gaps
When London marathon medical director Sanjay Sharma was called to attend someone who had collapsed with suspected cardiac...
U.S. recalls inflatable pool slides after death
About 21,000 inflatable water slides for in-ground pools are being recalled following the death of one woman, and severe...
Researcher believed killed by lab bacteria
A young research associate killed by a highly virulent strain of meningococcal disease is believed to have contracted the...
Probe into Norwegian swimmer's death to take 8 weeks
The results of a second set of tests to determine what caused the death of champion 26-year-old Norwegian swimmer Alexander...
Prosecutors seek to resume California executions
Los Angeles prosecutors asked a judge on Wednesday to order the execution of two condemned killers using a single drug for...
Oklahoma says running out of death penalty drug
Oklahoma, which executes more prisoners per capita than any other state, said on Wednesday it has only one remaining dose...
Can portfolio theory save lives?
With U.S. biomedical research under assault by everyone from patients to Congress for turning so few scientific discoveries...
Stricken Texas "bucket list" baby dies, father says
A Texas baby born with an incurable disease whose parents created an online "bucket list" for their daughter that became...
Suicides have Greeks on edge before election
On Monday, a 38-year-old geology lecturer hanged himself from a lamp post in Athens and on the same day a 35-year-old priest...
Toilet "taboo" hurts poor, development: Gates director
Governments are failing to fund projects to improve access to toilets and other sanitation services in poor countries because...
British Red Cross doctor kidnapped in Pakistan found beheaded
The beheaded body of a kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross was found by the...
Kentucky judge orders state to consider single-drug executions
A Kentucky judge ordered state officials to consider using a single drug to carry out executions instead of a series of three...
NY insurance probe forces $262 million in payments
A New York investigation into how life insurance companies used lists of recent deaths has led to an extra $262.2 million...
Accidental death rate declines for U.S. youth
The accidental death rate among children and teenagers in the United States dropped 29 percent over a decade, as far fewer...
UK mulls plain cigarette packs to cut smoking
Britain could soon force cigarette makers to sell plain, brand-free packets as the government seeks to deter a habit which...
Hospital blamed after "dead" baby found alive
A mother whose newborn baby was found alive in an Argentine morgue 12 hours after being declared dead on Wednesday blamed...
Police say Houston death not criminal, case closed
Beverly Hills police said on Wednesday they had closed their investigation into the death of singer Whitney Houston in a...
Suicide rates rising among Canadian girls
A new study finds suicide rates for female teens and preteens in Canada rose over the past few decades while the overall...
Houston drowned in very hot water, cocaine in system
Whitney Houston drowned in a hot bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel room with cocaine in her system and white powder nearby,...
CORRECTION: Too much sitting linked to shortened lives
Australians who spent a lot of time sitting at a desk or in front of a TV were more likely to die of any cause during a three-year...
Too much sitting linked to shortened lives
Australians who spent a lot of time sitting at a desk or in front of a TV were more likely to die of any cause during a three-year...
Cancer killing younger people in India
Cancer is killing younger people in India and affecting far more poor and less-educated villagers than wealthier, better-educated...
Babies still put at risk for sudden death: study
Parents changed how they put their infants to sleep after a campaign to prevent sudden infant death, but babies who died...
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