The Ebola epidemic has also created major disruptions in the healthcare systems in West Africa and a sharp reduction in vaccinations for childhood diseases. This means that the people in that area are at an increased susceptibility to measles and other prevent…
It is National Poison Prevention Week and local experts share some simple steps that can help reduce the chances of accidental poisoning around the home, especially among children. Poisoning is the leading cause of death from injuries in the U.S.
The world’s first ever penile transplant is dubbed successful because the patient now has a girlfriend and he resumes his sexual activities without problems.
A new study says that a combination of folic acid supplements and medicines for hypertension may be effective in reducing the risk of a first stroke among people with high blood pressure
An unnamed health worker infected with the Ebola virus is now critical, according to a press statement released by the National Institutes of Health on Monday, March 16.
Coca-Cola is allegedly working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggested that soda is a healthy snack. This happens in the midst of controversies surrounding the world's biggest beverage maker as it is being blamed for the increasing obesity rates in th…
The unplanned pregnancies that occur each year in the United States cost taxpayers $21 billion. Public insurance paid for 68% of all unplanned births, compared with 38% of planned births.
Federal officials are concerned over an outbreak of the H5N2 avian flu in Arkansas. The virus can wipe out a flock within 2 days and, like many flu viruses, can mutate.
France may soon ban models that are too thin. Not only will models have to show they are an appropriate weight for their heights, modeling agencies and fashion designers who hire an excessively skinny model may be fined.
A new study reveals that loneliness can lead to poor health for a person. They have shown that being a loner doesn't only affect people mentally and emotionally, but also physically. Worse, scientists say that loners die younger too.
Hot sauce is something pizza eaters can't live without. However, in an incident in Chicago, it actually saved the life of a man by provoking a seizure attack that led to an important health diagnosis.
All drugs have side effects—that’s already a given. Take, for example, this heart drug that protects the person from stroke or heart attack but also increases the risk of bleeding.
