Asclepios with his daughter Hygieia
They are larger than life for all of the wrong reasons.
A new TLC show is set to introduce audiences to four morbidly obese individuals as they attempt to shed pounds and live a more normal lifestyle.
My 600 Pound Life, premiering on February 1, sees the group, each member of which weighs over 600 pounds, attempting to lose an astonishing one ton between them.
The new year is a good time to clean out all your old prescriptions.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2012/01/10/hm-medicine-cabinet.cnn
I wanted to see what you thought about cancer/chemotherapy patients and protein malnutrition. I have read it leads to as many as 45 to 50% of cancer deaths.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/expert.q.a/12/12/cancer.malnutrition.
It does not make for pleasant dinner conversation. But we have a global sanitation crisis. More than 40% of the world's population does not have access to a toilet. These 2.6 billion people, most living in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa, face the daily challenge of finding a bush, train track or empty lot where they can urinate...
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/19/opinion/davis-toilet-day/index.html
It still makes Fatoma Dia's eyes widen whenever the Hilton hotel cleaning worker sees a bar of barely used soap on a bathroom counter.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/health/cnnheroes-soap-hygiene/index.html
One in six mobile phones in Britain is contaminated with fecal matter, according to research made public Friday that cited poor hygiene as the cause.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/health/mobile-phones-contamination/index.html
People with depression are more likely to have a stroke than their mentally healthy peers, and their strokes are more likely to be fatal, according to a new analysis published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/20/health/depression-stroke-risk/index.html
A few months before her second birthday, a small bump about the size of a pimple appeared on Audriana Willman's right leg. Her parents, Andrew and Chelsea, noticed the boil in the evening, as they prepared their daughter for bed.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/01/health/child-mrsa-infections/index.html
Cholera kills nearly 500 in Cameroon since August 1, officials say
Public health officials say nearly 500 people have died of cholera in Cameroon this month, and 13,000 cases have been reported in the country this year.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/08/17/cameroon.cholera/index.html