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Thousands of different flavors are already on the market, but their health effects are still largely unknown. New research suggests that some aerosol flavors may be more damaging to lung tissue than others.

Recent technological advancements have provided medical researchers with better opportunities in their quest to find an effective treatment for cancer.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

Could blindness be restored and brains repaired using hydrogels and stem cells? New research show that could happen in humans as it has in rats.

Listeria bacteria in Blue Bell Ice Cream is forcing the company to lay off and suspend thousands of workers. How serious is this health problem?

A new study by the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center suggests that many of the popular probiotic supplements being sold on the market have traces of gluten despite claims that they are gluten-fr...

Researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital's Icahn School of Medicine discovered a potential connection in the duration of sleep influencing the risk of suffering a stroke in people with high blood pressure.

(Digestive Disease Week) While a new generation of safer, more effective oral medications to treat hepatitis C patients may cost tens of thousands of dollars for a 12-week regiment, investing in these new therapies could...

(The JAMA Network Journals) A relatively new, easier to implement, and better-tolerated method to provide supplemental oxygen to patients at risk of respiratory failure after surgery did not result in a worse rate of tre...

(Spink Health) People with ulcerative colitis may benefit from taking the live, multi-strain probiotic drink, Symprove, to reduce intestinal inflammation, according to the results of a new study presented today at Digest...

(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) Groundbreaking treatment that uses two medications that target the most common genetic cause of cystic fibrosis shows lung function improvement and lowers the rate o...