A study found that older adults who had overactive bladder have a 40% increased risk of falling that those who do not. The study also found that treating overactive bladder reduces the risk of a fall.
One reason the Ebola epidemic is still ongoing in Guinea is that families are not giving up traditional funeral practices Bodies are being transported in taxis to avoid restrictions.
Millions of egg-laying hens in states have been killed or are about to be killed to try to stem the outbreak that may have arrived on the wings of migrating wildfowl.
The South appears to have more than its share of people with vision problems. Three out of four of the counties with the highest prevalence of vision loss were in the South.
Movie goers are up for some good news, watching 3D movies actually exercise the brain and improve short -term functioning at the same rate as brain-training tests.
Legionella has been detected in a hospital's water supply in Queensland a month after a patient died of sepsis, a bacterial infection of the blood and body.
The study found that more than a third of accidental exposures to peanuts or peanut products happen at home and that exposure to peanut products is often mishandled.
A routinely used vaccine appears to reduce the risk of the most common childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and researchers now know why it does.
A couple from Georgia was charged with murder after their 10-week old infant died of water intoxication after they diluted breast milk and water. They were arrested on Wednesday, a month after they brought their daughter to the hospital.
A 12-week treatment with Sovaldi can cure a hepatitis C infection. In developed countries, Sovaldi can cost as much as $84,000 per treatment, or about $1,000 per pill.
The American College of Physicians looked at many screening guidelines to create what it called “high-value screening” advice for five types of cancer.
