The FDA has approved a vaccine that protects against nine forms of human papilloma virus (HPV). HPV infection can lead to cervical, vaginal, vulvar, and anal cancer. Previous versions of HPV vaccines protected against only four form of the virus.
Chronic lack of sleep and sleep-related breathing problems in children may increase the risk that they will be obese later in life. This finding comes from data collected over 15 years on almost 1,900 English children.
Avril Lavinge, the punk princess, is suffering from a serious health condition that she did not reveal yet. In her twitter, she asks for prayers that her fans did not disappoint.
The results are in: according to American Health Rankings report, which is already in its 25th year, Hawaii emerges as the healthiest state in America.
A seven-year-old girl in France swallowed a teaspoon of the popular hair loss treatment and was hospitalized with a dangerously fast heartbeat and low blood pressure.
A new treatment for children with sickle cell anemia has been found to be so successful that a clinical trial of the drug was stopped. The results clearly showed that hydroxyurea therapy is safe and effective and that it can reduce the risk of stroke in these …
Health workers who tend to patients with the deadly virus, Ebola, are 100 times more at risk in catching the illness in Sierra Leone, just like the general public, a new report says.
