Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria have made it too dangerous for health workers to vaccinate against polio, reports state. Families that have...
Sitting in front of a computer for hours on end can actually shrink the part of the brain that stores memories in...
Many trainee female surgeons who get pregnant or have kids consider leaving their careers before they even start, a study suggests. Researchers...
Parents in Michigan have filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging that it did not obtain their consent to draw or store...
The US Food and Drug Administration announced that concentrated, bulk caffeine products have no place on the market, and are declaring them...
The hot air hand dryers people use in public bathrooms may not be the best way to clean hands, researchers say. A...
Night owls run a 10% higher risk of developing health problems such as diabetes, psychological abnormalities and an increased possibility of dying....
A Chinese couple who died more than four years ago had a son born to a surrogate mother, Chinese media outlets reported....
A woman whose jaw was lost because of cancer has managed to regrow it using her own skin and bone. Val Blunden...
A team of scientists was able to successfully take out a gene linked to Alzheimer’s disease from a human brain, shedding a...
An Australian woman who masqueraded as a cancer patient in order to scam money from friends and family has been arrested and...
Researchers have come up with a new test to measure how severe a brain injury is – a step forward in improving...
A strange health condition linked to marijuana use has a bizarre treatment: taking a hot shower. The condition, known as cannabinoid hyperemesis...
A three-year-old girl in Seattle is proof that there are medical miracles, her family says. For the first year of Sadie Rutenberg’s...
A man who attempted to eat the world’s hottest chili ended up with thunderclap headaches. The unidentified man had eaten only one...
Parents of LGBTQ teens often struggle when discussing sex with their children, a new study states, sometimes because of discomfort and also...
People would prefer to pop a pill or drink a cup of tea in attempts to lower blood pressure, rather than exert...
Four out of ten cases of prostate cancer in the United Kingdom are diagnosed too late, a study states. The charity Orchard...
Women with more muscle mass are more likely to survive stage 2 or 3 breast cancer, a new study suggests. A team...
There may soon be a new treatment for hearing loss, if a new experiment proves successful. Researchers at the University of Southern...