Although Ebola is showing some signs of improvement especially in the hardest-hit areas such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea, it still continues to affect people, including health workers. As of Monday, December 29, Scotland has just its first diagnosed c…
One of the most common types of surgery done in the United States is the removal of the gallbladder. But many people who would benefit most from having their gallbladder removed don’t get the surgery.
A British suicide prevention group attempted to help people in emotional and psychological distress by creating a free web app. The concept was well-meaning, but the app was withdrawn almost immediately because of an outcry over privacy concerns.
A brave woman traversed a path that most paralyzed people were not able to do, walk again. One of her goals after being paralyzed following a horrible accident in 2011 has come true, she walked down the aisle in her own two feet.
West Africa has been shaken by a major outbreak of Ebola beginning December of last year. As a result, the attention for all medical resources and workforce were shifted to Ebola, abandoning another chronic epidemic in the region that has been killing thousand…
A father in United Kingdom who is battling an aggressive type of cancer himself has raised $1 million for the treatment of his stepdaughter who is also suffering from cancer.
After nearly one year into the world’s worst Ebola outbreak, doctors and the World Health Organization have reported that the survival rate of Ebola patients has increased from 36% to 70%.
Nothing is ever more painful than the death of a loved one, but that of a pregnant woman may eventually change one of the staunchest abortion laws in the world.
Children who have chronic, complicated medical issues receive more effective and less expensive care when they are treated at what is called a patient-centered medical home. They are more likely to become seriously ill and need hospitalization or emergency roo…
