The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its recommendations for how to treat fopr head lice. Any treatment for head lice has to be both effective and as safe as possible so that the cure is not worse than the problem.
Persisting drug shotages have hit the country. The drugs that are or have been in short supply range from antibiotics to cancer treatments to bags of sterile saline fluid.
A new British study says that office workers should stand up for at least two hours a day and take regular walks to reduce health risks of having a sedentary lifestyle.
We all know that breastfeeding is one of the best ways of keeping newborns healthy, but a new study suggests that it has a much bigger health impact: it can lower the risk of childhood leukemia.
A new study says that two cancer drugs when taken in combination could shrink tumor cells for up to 60% for patients suffering from advanced-stage melanoma
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Thursday that the federal health officials have identified 150 people who may have come in contact with a man who died of Lassa fever after travelling from Liberia.
A new research on laboratory mice shows that eating a diet high in carbohydrates and low in proteins could benefit the body rather than counting calories
A class of cancer drugs called checkpoint inhibitors boost the body’s immune system to fight cancer. New research may extend the use of these drugs to selected patients with colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and other tumors where they currently do not see…
For those who have gone through cancer and their family, there’s no worse news than to hear that the disease has recurred. But it happens, and a group of researchers has the answer why.
More than 150 people who came into contact with the New Jersey man who died of Lassa fever this week have been identified. However, only about six people are at high risk for developing the disease.
