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WASHINGTON -- President Obama taps the vice president to lead a "moonshot" mission to cure cancer, and a Senate committee backed Robert Califf, MD, to be FDA commissioner.President Obama Pledges to Fight Cancer in Final SOTUIn his final State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama launched a national campaign to eliminate cancer, the leading cause of death worldwide."For the loved ones we've all lost, for the family we can still save, let's make America the country that cures cancer once and for all," Obama said.The president appointed Vice President Joe Biden to lead the "moonshot" mission. He highlighted...

Public health programs such as First Lady Michelle Obama's "Lets Move" aren't going to win the fight against obesity because they require high levels of personal resources, according to U.K. researchers.However, interventions that limit people's choices rather than rely on their self-motivation, such as regulating how stores sell unhealthy foods, might work better, stated Jean Adams, PhD, of the University of Cambridge in England, and colleagues."In England, the government's current 'flagship' obesity prevention programme is Change4Life. This social marketing campaign uses mass media and other avenues to inform and educate the public about the harms of excess weight and the...

Researchers estimate that between 90 and 95 percent of adults suffer from acute back pain at some point in their lives. The treatments for back pain include rest, injections, ice, pain medication and even surgery. For the majority of injuries, doctors have moved away from prescribing bed rest and moved towards a rehabilitative exercise routine. One of the ways to safely and successfully create an exercise routine is to schedule regular sessions with a physical therapist. Therapists work to retrain your posture, strengthen your core and stretch tight muscles. Learn how to use physical therapy to relieve back pain.1. Choose a physical...

Lactation is the production of milk in female mammary glands, and occurs naturally during pregnancy and post-pregnancy breastfeeding. Women may want to induce lactation if they are planning on adopting a baby or if they agree to be a surrogate nurse for a baby whose biological mother cannot breastfeed. Lactation is governed by pituitary hormones (as opposed to ovarian hormones) and, therefore, any woman can stimulate lactation, regardless of her obstetric or gynecological history. You do not necessarily have to go to a doctor or to take any special medications to start producing your own breast milk. Just follow these instructions...

       Many great inventions are invented by accident. Is  the 3D ultrasound the same too?   Joshua Broder was using a Wii handset to bat a ping-pong ball back and forth when the idea struck. An emergency physician at Duke University Medical Center, he uses ultrasound to understand what’s happening inside a patient’s body, and treat wounds and illnesses. But the picture he gets, while rapid enough to operate in real time, is two dimensional and hard to parse.   “The controller in my hand is really an inexpensive thing,” he thought. “Why is it that expensive medical devices...