Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Researchers have found a link between depression, and heart disease patients who do not get enough exercise regularly.

Researchers from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco.carried out the study on 1,017 heart disease patients. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Documents released have revealed new details on the early days of the FBI anthrax probe.

The Justice Department put out around 100 new documents from the investigation into the 2001 anthrax case. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has laid out plans to build two brand new hospitals near downtown New Orleans.

This is part of a push to try and improve the health care system in the city of New Orleans, and to bring in more jobs as well. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - Families USA has released a new report which has revealed that fewer American children are living without health insurance.

Families USA used data from the U.S. Census Bureau from 2005 to 2007 to carry out the report. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Researchers have found that breast cancer in women can regress on its own without the need for any invasive treatment.

A study was carried out at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health on two groups of women, focusing on the incidence of breast cancer. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Researchers from Harvard University have confirmed that policies set in South Africa on AIDS attributed to the premature deaths of 365,000 people.

Researchers have stated that the inability for AIDS patients to get anti-retroviral drugs caused hundreds of thousands to die prematurely. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - U.S. health officials have confirmed that they have found traces of the toxic chemical melamine in infant formula in the United States.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that the toxic chemical was found after they tested a sample for a second time. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - The rate of new cancer cases diagnosed in the U.S has declined for the first time in the history of the U.S.

Since statistics first started to be kept, the rates of cancer cases and deaths from cancer have gone up every year. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - People living with AIDS in Papua, Indonesia may soon have a microchip implanted into them.

Lawmakers in Papua, Indonesia want to use these microchips to monitor those infected with AIDS in the country. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - A new study from the Archives of Internal Medicine has found that some cancer may not need invasive treatment and may instead disappear on it sown.

The new study was led by Per-Henrik Zahl of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and aimed to see if screening programs helped cancer patients. Continue Reading