Hollywood celebrities such as Rihanna and Jessica Alba rally behind a family who is currently fighting a devastating disease affecting their two little girls.
It is bad enough to be sick enough to have to go to the emergency room, but to have to go back for the same problem is worse A new study has found that repeat visits to the ER, including visits to a different ER, for the same problem are common.
If you haven’t heard much about DDT, it’s because it’s already a prohibited pesticide in the United States. However, it’s making a comeback based on a new study that suggests it can increase the risk of breast cancer.
A new study claims that diet may actually have a big effect on emotions. Researchers from the College of William and Mary have found an association between a diet high in fermented foods and decrease in neuroticism and social anxiety.
Victorian authorities have issued a public warning about a potentially-deadly and antibiotic-resistant superbug which may be linked to 18 deaths over the past three years. The emerging superbug can kill about half of those who get infected with it.
Severe appendicitis has been treated as a medical emergency for nearly 130 years. But a study has found that many patients can be treated with antibiotics alone.
Individual cases of MERS have occurred in Austria, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United States. These cases were in people who caught the virus in the Middle East and then traveled home before symptoms developed.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in Ohio has shut down its production facility and retail locations after finding listeria bacteria again.The company found the problem itself after conducting testing. The company had reopened only a few weeks ago after dealing wit…
Short boys are three times more likely to be treated with human growth hormone than are short girls. This gender inequality may mean that medical problems that are causing growth problems in girls may go untreated. and that some boys are being treated unnecess…
The British High Court has ruled against an unnamed woman who wanted to create her own grandchild by using frozen eggs from her dead daughter. The court decided that it was not clear if her daughter had wanted the eggs to be used in this way.
There is one simple, inexpensive and accessible liquid that children in the United States neglect to consume: water. A new study shows that more than half of children and teenagers in the United States may not be properly hydrated.
