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The FDA enforced requirements for all testosterone restoring drugs to list venous blood clots under the general warning labels, due to reports of increased risk of blood clotting in men using such products.

Michigan Governor may veto an e-cig law because he says it's not strong enough to stop sales to minors. His actions come on the heels of a California congresswoman's action regarding e-cigarettes.

Female prison inmates in California get sterilized without their lawful consent. Although some may be unaware of the sterilization protocols, former inmates claim coercion from prison medical staff takes place.

Researchers at Emory University found high risk of depression in young and middle-aged female heart disease patients, as well as increased risk of heart problems for women with depression.

After at least 84 workers were exposed to the potentially-deadly anthrax bacteria in a CDC accident, management of the investigation has been transferred to the USDA.

Health experts are alarmed by the resurgence of the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. The epidemic is 'totally out of control' in the region, a health official says.

A study released by March of Dimes reports that Hispanic women have a significantly higher chance of giving preterm births, as well as births resulting in neural tube defects, which lead to nerve damage, paralysis, and d...

A medical breakthrough from Yale University doctors showed that a drug for rheumatoid arthritis can cure alopecia universalis, helping patients grow all their hair back. Will this be effective for all?

Researchers claim that sun exposure produces endorphins that can make sunbathing addictive. However, excessive exposure to UV rays is linked with skin cancer and people are encouraged to curb this habit.

The English lifestyle may be to blame for the sharp increase of people diagnosed with liver cancer and melanoma. The findings should be a wake-up call to the public and the government to address this problem.

New evidence found in a Syrian grave reveals that ancient irrigation may have triggered the widespread of diseases such as schistosomiasis, caused by flatworms or parasites. Here's what the experts found.

Cancer specialists at the University of Chicago created a COST questionnaire tool to determine the overall financial stress of cancer patients and encourage dialogue between doctors and patients about financial options a...

(European Molecular Biology Laboratory) One of the deadliest forms of paediatric brain tumour, Group 3 medulloblastoma, is linked to a variety of large-scale DNA rearrangements which all have the same overall effect on s...

(The Lancet) Midwifery has a crucial part to play in saving the lives of millions of women and children who die during and around the time of pregnancy, according to a major new Series, published in The Lancet.

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University report they have deciphered the inner workings of a protein called YiiP that prevents the lethal buildup of zinc inside bacteria. They say understandin...

(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares) The protective microenvironment of the hematopoietic stem cell niche, which produces cells of the blood and the immune system, also protects against myeloproliferativ...

(Case Western Reserve University) Case Western Reserve University scientists have discovered how a family of proteins -- cation diffusion facilitators -- regulates an important cellular cycle where a cell's energy genera...

(Duke University Medical Center) A team of scientists from Duke Medicine, the University of Michigan and Stanford University has determined the underlying architecture of a cellular signaling complex involved in the body...

(Garvan Institute of Medical Research) A new study being presented today at ICE/ENDO 2014, the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Chicago, demonstrates that ambient t...

Solstice, the longest day of the year that marks the beginning of summer, is the perfect time to do yoga at Times Square in New York City. Thousands participated in the 2014 Solstice in Times Square event.

A new drug, Sivextro, created to treat forms of acute skin infections like MRSA, was approved by the FDA through an expedited review process and will be sold for five years without generic competition.

A possible solution to boring and unproductive meetings is to get everyone standing while brainstorming ideas. Study finds people working together while standing tend to be more collaborative, more engaged and more creat...