Directory
CNN.com - Health
CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more.
Clone farm goal: Disease-resistant animals
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:00:46 EDT
Cloning has been a controversial issue since German embryologist Hans Spemann first made a pair of adorable, genetically identical salamander twins out of a single egg, way back in nineteen-dickety-two.
Hoarding called public health issue
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:20:56 EDT
In extreme cases, hoarders' obsession has led to fires, attracted vermin, endangered their families, that experts describe it as a growing public health problem.
Hands-only CPR equally effective
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:36:29 EDT
As compression-only CPR has grown in use, the question has remained whether it's as effective as the traditional form that includes mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Two new studies say yes. FULL STORY | WATCH: CPR in 2 minutes
Dispersant concerns remain
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:42:15 EDT
Little is known about the effects of the chemicals added to the Gulf of Mexico to break up oil flowing from the Deepwater Horizon's ruptured well.
Calcium supplements may boost heart attack risk
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:45:54 EDT
The millions of people who take calcium supplements to strengthen aging bones and ward off osteoporosis may be putting themselves at increased risk of a heart attack, a new study has found.
Success fueled by discrimination
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:33:32 EDT
When asked what the Americans with Disabilities Act means to him on its 20th anniversary, Gary Talbot pauses and says it's tough to put in words.
Government has your baby's DNA
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:27:51 EDT
When Annie Brown's daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked Brown and her husband to sit down because he had some bad news to tell them: Isabel carried a gene that put her at risk for cystic fibrosis.
Lou Gehrig's victim: Kill me for my organs
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:15:49 EDT
A Georgia man suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease says he wants to die by having his organs harvested rather than wait for his degenerative nerve ailment to kill him.
20 years later, ADA debate rages
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:43:41 EDT
When President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990, he addressed concerns the sweeping civil rights law would be ''too vague or costly, or may lead endlessly to litigation.''
Meet the critters inside your mattress
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:17:44 EDT
The mattress can be a jungle of dust mites and bedbugs, milling around among dried remnants of blood, saliva, sweat and basically all the other bodily fluids.




