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.
If you would want to maximize your weight loss, you might want someone else choose the diet for you. For it to be more effective, you may want to let your doctor choose your diet plan rather than choosing your own, experts say.
This is good news for chocolate lovers. A new study has discovered that devoted consumers of chocolates and those who consume about two candy bars a day are 11% less likely to suffer from heart attacks and strokes and 25% less likely to die of cardiovascular d…
South Koreans are in a state of panic after four new cases were reported as the death toll has already reached 19. Health officials say on Tuesday that the total number of cases has reached 154. MERS-CoV or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome was brought to the c…
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that predisposes humans to long years of pain. Now, scientists have found a way to reverse the condition as they discovered the molecular pathway for chronic pain in laboratory animals. Thus, it has opened doors and gav…
In 2012, doctors had operated on a woman with cervical cancer thinking that more tumors had appeared. Apparently, the doctors mistook her tattoos on a body image scan for secondary tumors.
Your mother was mostly, but not entirely, wrong. Yes, it is possible to catch an infection from a toilet seat in a public bathroom, but the seat is relatively low in risk compared to other surfaces in the bathroom.
Summer is always the best time to enjoy a holiday and spend more time in the beach. But if you’re in Florida, you may want to pay more attention to advisories before wading into the waters.
