Medical News

The U.S. Surgeon General has stated that effective and frequent sun protection, including the use of broad-spectrum sunscreens, is more critical than ever in helping prevent skin cancer.

A sore back or sprained wrist makes your day-to-day life harder in more ways than one. Physical impairment is annoying enough on its own, but the chronic pain is its own distraction - one that makes it hard to focus. It'...

Kurbo Health, a smartphone app inspired by Stanford's childhood obesity program, helps kids (and adults) keep track of the foods they eat. It lets them track foods they shouldn't eat and their progress along the way to a...

Johnson & Johnson is pulling out it power morcellators from the market due to uncertainty of its risks and benefits in hysterectomies and myomectomies.

Consuming at five servings of fruits and vegetables a day can reduce mortality risks but researchers said than consuming more than five servings a day no longer have additional effect.

Humans can get antibiotic-resistant if they consume antibiotic fed poultry. Antibiotics are used in the poultry industry as a growth promoter and also to treat infections.

Malaria-causing parasites increasingly become resistant to the most effective antimalarial drug Artemisinin and the resistance is most prevalent in western Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and eastern Myanmar.

For first time ever Japan's smoking population is less than 20 percent of total population. Latest research claims e-cigarettes are a viable alternative.

Based on a new research, contrary to previous studies, watching television and playing video games after a long day at work or school do not relax stressed people. In fact, these activities make them feel worse.

A healthy, 20-something man comes to the ER with sharp chest pain and gets VIP treatment. The result leaves him breathless.

Maverick MIT inventor Jose Gomez-Marquez has seen the future of medical tech in the developing world: It's made of Lego bricks, cheap cell phones and dollar-store finds.

After watching too many soldiers confront a lifetime of scarring, Army surgeon Robert Hale is leading the charge to make facial reconstruction medicine ready for the wounds of 21st-century war.

A new NOVA documentary cuts through the misinformation and acrimony surrounding the vaccine debate.

Heart attack patients who arrive at the hospital during business hours are likely to receive more immediate treatment and are likely to survive compared with their counterparts who arrive at the hospital at night.

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