Doctor Tiger Health News. Researchers from University College, London have concluded from  a 15 year study of over 11000 adults in a Report  published in the British Medical Journal, that failure to brush one’s teeth twice a day will result in poor oral hygiene,...

A pilot programme promoting newborn care promises to dramatically reduce the number of stillborn births worldwide.   The study by U.S. researchers looked at the effectiveness of a newborn care programme developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), and found that it reduced by more than...

The World Health Organizations says smoking is considered a high risk factor in six of the eight leading causes of death worldwide.  Medical experts have long preached about how smokers can quit. Now a growing number of employers in the United States are refusing to...

(Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest) Chimpanzees are our closest animal relative. So close, in fact, that 98 percent of a chimpanzee's DNA is identical to that of humans.The highly intelligent primates share many of our physical and behavioral characteristics and that similarity has made them attractive to medical...

Scientists at Britain's Oxford University have found a way to keep vaccines stable without refrigeration, even in tropical temperatures.  Scientists say the discovery could revolutionize vaccination efforts, especially in the developing world where infectious diseases kill millions of people every year. The Oxford Scientists say they...

Dr. David Wilber performs a procedure called catheter ablation to treat patients with atrial fibrillation at Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois A relatively new procedure is proving to be more effective in treating patients with irregular heartbeat than standard drug therapy.  Patients with an abnormal...

Earlier this month, a prestigious medical journal disavowed an article it published more than a decade ago linking autism in children to a common childhood vaccine.  The original article raised widespread concern about the safety of the vaccine, prompting many parents worldwide to stop vaccinating...

(reneelevy.com) Researchers have discovered a gene linked to stuttering, a speech disorder that afflicts an estimated one million adults worldwide.  Scientists believe the finding raises hope that a drug might someday be developed to treat this disabling condition.Researchers say the speech impediment appears to stem from...

A mother with an autistic child Earlier this month, a prestigious medical journal,The Lancet, retracted a report that linked autism to a vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella. Autism is a complex disability that affects a person's ability to communicate and interact with others. There are...

It is called crib death or SIDS which stands for sudden infant death syndrome.  Parents put a seemingly healthy infant to sleep and return to find the baby has stopped breathing. The causes remain a mystery, but new research suggests a chemical imbalance in babies'...