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A cheap, highly portable blood test kit has proven as accurate as expensive hospital-based analyses in detecting HIV, syphilis and other infectious diseases, according to a new study. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

An Australian woman who lived for more than 15 years with a grapefruit-sized surgical sponge sewn inside her after abdominal surgery was to sue her doctor for negligence, a report said Monday. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

[AP] – Market analysts and investors around the world remained on edge Sunday as Congress continued to work out a deal to avoid a U.S. debt default. View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News

U.S. researchers have discovered a genetic mutation unique to African Americans that could help explain why blacks are so susceptible to asthma. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

A cheap, highly portable blood test has proven as accurate as expensive hospital-based analyses in detecting HIV, syphilis and other infectious diseases, according to a study released Sunday. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

SUNDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — A gene variant associated with asthma in black Americans has been pinpointed by a team of researchers working together in a new national collaboration called the EVE Consortium. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

Tens of thousands of famine-stricken Somali refugees were cold and drenched after torrential rains pounded their makeshift structures overnight into early Sunday in the capital, leading to appeals for aid. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

SUNDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — Several biomechanical differences appear to separate amateur and professional golfers, researchers find. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

FRIDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should scrap the system it uses to approve and regulate "moderate-risk" medical devices such as artificial joints and heart pacemakers, according to a highly an… View full post on Yahoo! Health News

FRIDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) — Excluding children from discussions about their hospital care can make them feel scared and angry, a new study finds. View full post on Yahoo! Health News