I applaud Money's letter, saying alcoholism is the ultimate effect of a series of purposive decisions, not a disease.
Eight city workers are being treated for symptoms of Legionnaires disease that they apparently contracted while repairing a broken water line.
Product labels warning against the use of aspirin for children suffering from chicken pox and flu will begin appearing in stores this summer but an advertising campaign will start next week to alert the public to the link between the drug and the often-fatal Reye's syndrome, the government announced Wednesday.
transmitted disease that afflicts more than 1 million Americans and might be linked with cervical cancer.
Cardiomyopathy.
I was very much impressed by the letter of Jess Money, "Alcoholism is the Result of a Conscious Decision."
Given the narrowness of Jess Money's definition of disease (Letters, Sept. 21), it's not surprising that it excludes alcoholism.
The bizarre behavior and frenetic painting of Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch Impressionist who cut off his ear, probably resulted from an abnormality of the brain that has only recently been recognized, a doctor says.
Federal officials who destroyed 2,000 birds at a warehouse where exotic Newcastle disease was found
People who drink alcoholic beverages in moderate amounts are less likely to suffer coronary heart disease than teetotalers, a study showed.
Irvine-based Disease Detection International said it raised $5.1 million in its recently completed initial public offering of 750,000 units at $6 a unit.
Claiming that she "does not suffer from any such disease," singer Dionne Warwick has filed a $30
What more will it take to rally around Councilman Howard Finn's proposal to pass legislation that will require, among other safeguards, "special registration of specific breeds."
Hard-charging Charles Peddle, who had the go-get-'em to launch five businesses and the vision to inspire hundreds of employees, loves the grand gesture.
A major mental health problem among the European elite in the Middle Ages was lovesickness, says a Stanford University expert who thinks more research on the subject would be helpful.
The first major outbreak of legionnaire's disease in Britain was confirmed Friday after 12 cases were identified.
Authorities found legionnaire's disease bacteria in the air-conditioning system of a suburban
"Bioethics and Alzheimer's Disease," a daylong conference on the moral, legal and medical issues
Treatment of heart and circulatory disease, by far the country's main cause of death, will cost an
bear and a pig, the national Centers for Disease Control reported last week.