New research suggests that something as simple as introducing smiley faces or adding small prizes for buying a healthy item can prompt...
In a recent study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Kaiser Permanente concluded that women who breastfed their children and later developed...
The Department of Health and Human Services recommends communities lower the amount of fluoride they add to drinking water by up to...
Children who watch as little as one hour of television per day are more likely to be overweight or obese in comparison...
Those afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease — a progressive brain disease which slowly destroys not only memory, but also thinking skills — might benefit...
The first self-testing kit for HIV has been manufactured and is the first of its kind in the world. By using a small...
Living in a big city with high levels of air pollution from traffic or industry can cause silent strokes, eventually leading to...
Last month, Caryn Hoadley received an unexpected letter after a routine mammogram. It said her mammogram was clean but that she has...
Accordin to the NY Post the state’s attorney general is suing the tanning salon chain Portofino Sun Center for deceptive advertising over claims...
Yamini Karanam, a PhD student at Indiana University’s School of Informatics, suddenly started having trouble in school. The once brilliant student was...
A study recently published in the journal Nature announced a treatment for the Ebola virus, known as TKM-Ebola-Guinea, developed by the Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation. According to BBCNews the...
A new start up, Color Genomics, comprised of ex-Google employees Othman Laraki and Elad Gill along with pathologist, Taylor Sittler, and biologist, Nish Bhat,...
The CDC posted an article following the April third news that Blue Bell Creameries had voluntarily suspended operations at their Oklahoma production facility. The first...
California health officials analyzed the medical care of more than 52,000 infants in 127 neonatal intensive care units across the state in...
According to a recent study, pets can be a source of infection and newborns, the elderly, children with leukemia and people with weakened immune system...
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute predict that breast cancer will 50 percent by the year 2030, according to new research presented at...
E-cigarette use has tripled in middle and high school students in just one year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
A recent e-cig study claims that smokers using electronic cigarettes are 49 percent less likely to quit smoking and 59 percent less likely to...
A recent study’s findings indicate that cracking sounds which occur when you, for instance, crack your knuckles, are associated with the rapid creation of a gas-filled cavity...
A group of freshmen from Rice University, calling themselves team Comfortably Numb, designed a cooling device that numbs the skin prior to...