Scientists believe they have discovered the cause of a rare and mysterious disease in the brain that leaves patients with manifestations similar to Parkinson's disease.
Breast cancer diagnosis can be just as stressful and frightening as it is for women that to reduce the risk of possible recurrence, men opt for contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) or more commonly known as double mastectomy, a new study suggests.
Companies selling powdered caffeine are in the hot seat lately due to several deaths. They are distributing deadly doses of this potentially deadly compound without due approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration. The regulatory company said o…
Parents and pediatricians should talk to children about the dangers of alcohol use before they are teens, starting at age 9, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
The CDC has issued a report that estimates the average "heart age" of men and women in every state, based on risk factors like high blood pressure, obesity, and whether they smoke or have diabetes. On average for men, the predicted heart age was nearly 8 years…
Doctors and patients of knee and hip replacement surgeries should pay more attention to another possible short-term risk after the procedure: heart attack.
A teen boy has died in Texas from a rare brain-eating infection of amoebas. This type of amoeba is found commonly in warm freshwater, but infections are rare.
An effort to reproduce 100 studies that had been published in three leading psychology journals found that more than half of the findings did not hold up when retested.
