Beverly Hills (SmartAboutHealth) - A plastic surgeon from Beverly Hills, California has been accused of taking fat from his patients obtained through liposuction procedures, and using that same fat to fuel his and his girlfriend’s cars.

Dr. Craig Alan Bittner from Beverly Hills, California has lost his medical license due to this accusation already. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Researchers have found that U.S. teens who make a virginity pledge are more likely to have unprotected sex before they are married when compared to teens who did not make the pledge.

Researchers were led by Janet E. Rosenbaum of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as they looked over data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - Researchers in the U.S. have managed to link high blood pressure or hypertension to a specific gene variant.

Yen-Pei Christy Chang led a team of researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine to study high blood pressure and its causes. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - The deadly 1918 Spanish flu pandemic has been blamed mainly on a new group of genes discovered by researchers.

The 1918 flu pandemic was a disaster to say the least as over 500 million people were infected, with at least 30 million dying from it. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - The American Red Cross is hoping to end the year 2008 with a bang as they need more blood donations to help get through the winter months.

The winter is tough for the Red Cross as it brings the holidays, and a decline in blood donations. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Parents magazine has issued a survey which reveals the top hospitals in the U.S. for children.

The February issue of Parents magazine focuses on children’s hospitals in the U.S. and ranks them based on a 250-question survey. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Just one extra hour of sleep at night can greatly lower your risk of heart attacks, stroke, and heart failure.

Researchers from the University of Chicago carried out a study on a total of 500 U.S. adults who were all middle-aged. Continue Reading

Sacramento (SmartAboutHealth) - A California woman has given birth to a big 14-pound baby boy via c-section in Orange County.

She gave birth to the boy, Richard Walker Sault Jr. on December 23, 2008. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - According to a new study, a virginity pledge by a teen usually turns out to be nothing but a fake promise.

A virginity pledge is something that is given orally or in writing by a teen to promise not to have sex before marriage. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - President-elect Barack Obama has health care reform on his mind as many are wondering just how quickly he will be able to address the health care problems once he takes office.

As of right now, the health care system in the U.S. is in big trouble as there are over 47 million Americans who do not have health insurance. On top of that, those who do have health insurance are seeing their costs rise each and every year. Continue Reading