New research out of China suggests that eating a lot of fish might help protect against depression. The Chinese researchers behind the...
HIV continues to be a hot topic, especially in areas where it’s notorious for infecting large amounts of people. The answer for...
The mayapple is a plant that produces an important chemical called podophyllotoxin which is harvested for important cancer-fighting chemotherapy drugs when its leaves...
A recent survey by a team of British researchers has revealed that teens’ constant use of social media sites like Facebook and...
Eating chocolate and drinking red wine may help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in those with mild to moderate cases, according...
Students aren’t being given enough time to eat their food, according to a Harvard study published in the Journal of the Academy...
Health officials from the state of Minnesota are reporting that a recent outbreak of salmonella has been linked to Chipotle restaurants in...
Two heart-failure treatments, Novartis AG’s drug Entresto and St. Jude’s CardioMEMS device, have come under scrutiny after a report was published by a research...
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new implantable device designed to soak up cancer cells wandering throughout the body...
In the name of science, six men stuffed their faces with what was, based on the typical American diet, a week’s worth...
Psychedelic drugs like “magic mushrooms” (psilocybin), Acid (LSD) and even ecstasy (MDMA) might help patients afflicted with addiction, anxiety and post-traumatic stress...
While a low resting heart rate — anything below the average of 60 to 100 beats per minute — is usually a...
The mortality rate of children under the age of five has been halved globally since 1990. This figure is still short of...
Taking daily vitamin C supplements could have similar cardiovascular benefits for overweight and obese adults as regular exercise, according to researchers. It’s...
By the end of this month, AstraZeneca’s heart disease drug Brilinta is expected to hit the pharmacies. The US Food and Drug Administration has...
A new study conducted by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has produced evidence that girls and boys who are...
A third outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in the United States has health officials concerned with the increase in the number of affected...
Mason Silva was a wonderful and happy baby. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) took him from his family shortly after his first birthday,...
The United States Centers for Disease Control announced yesterday that they have started a $20 million program to fight the nation’s rising...
Adding another reason to call aspirin a ‘wonder drug,’ a recent study in the United Kingdom suggests that the common aspirin may...