Two giant pharmaceutical companies join forces to develop drugs and treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's disease and migraine. Swiss drug company Novartis will be teaming up with California-based biotech giant Amgen.
Frank Reyes’s hand was saved in an unusual procedure at Houston Methodist Hospital. Surgeons made a pocket in the skin of his abdomen and tucked his hand into the pocket.
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.
