There have been several outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in the United States this summer. It may seem like a lot, but it is a typical pattern with this disease, which tends to appear in warm weather.
Frank Reyes’s hand was saved in an unusual procedure at Houston Methodist Hospital. Surgeons made a pocket in the skin of his abdomen and tucked his hand into the pocket.
Colors have long been associated with emotions—“I am feeling blue” or “The days are gray”—but based on two studies, they may not be entirely metaphors.
Anyone who’s ever been to the doctor is familiar with the stethoscope, a device that allows doctors to listen to heartbeats and pulmonary sounds for examination and diagnosis. These sounds are for doctor’s hearing only, but that may change with the approva…
An experimental therapy helps certain leukemia patients go into remission for more than 4 years after they received the novel treatment. This is the finding of a small patient study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania and Novartis.
Based on a new study, a person should be watchful of the extra weight regardless of his age. Midlife obesity, for instance, can increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease earlier than those who are of normal weight.
About 15% of the surveyed medical students in the UK have admitted to have considered committing suicide, a result that even the researchers consider as “shocking.”
Many studies have already shown how awesome breastfeeding is for the health of the baby, but this is also great for moms too, especially for those who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).
