Medical News

Investigations are being conducted due to the current widespread outbreak of Legionnaires' across the US. Experts cannot pinpoint an exact cause of the outbreak but highlight risk factors like age, better diagnostics, in...

The last batch of Sanofi Pasteur's snakebite anti-venom Fav-Afrique will expire in 2016. Doctors without Borders said there would likely be no replacement product for at least two years.

A new study found that whopping cough in infants is most likely due to exposure to infected siblings. This is in contrast to previous notions that mothers are the most common source of infection.

Obese and overweight individuals who cannot engage in exercise may benefit from taking vitamin C supplements. Research suggest vitamin C supplement reduces vessel constriction associated with increased risks for vascular...

Electronic cigarettes allow high school students to use cannabis in less detectable way. Experts said this could expose teens to higher concentrations of THC.

Chipotle Mexican Grill's G-M-OVER IT campaign claims of GMO-free menu but a lawsuit accused the burrito chain of false adversiting citing that the restaurant serves food products from animals that were fed with GMO.

Stress in the workplace has long been recognized as detrimental to employees' health. A new study further investigated on this idea and found that workplace stress equates to the health effects of second hand smoke.

The National Suicide Prevention Week, which will be observed from Sept. 7 to Sept. 13, was developed to allow government agencies and communities to raise public awareness on the dangers of suicide as a health issue.

A California company distributing cucumbers from Mexico has issued a recall after the CDC tracked infections clusters and identified the company as a "common supplier" to areas of illness.

(University of Texas at Austin) Researchers have discovered the assembly instructions for nearly 1,000 protein complexes shared by most kinds of animals, revealing their deep evolutionary relationships. Those instruction...

(American College of Physicians) In a new position paper, the American College of Physicians says that telemedicine can improve access to care, but policies are needed to balance the benefits and risks for both patients ...

(University of California - Santa Cruz) As fish-eating predators at the top of the marine food chain, elephant seals accumulate high concentrations of mercury in their bodies. A new study by scientists at UC Santa Cruz s...

(University of Cambridge) Scientists at the University of Cambridge University have published new results in the journal PLoS ONE from the largest ever study of people with autism taking the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes...

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say they have discovered a new way that the most prevalent disease-causing fungus can thwart immune...

(University of Utah) If you are in a special relationship with another person, thank grandma -- not just yours, but all grandmothers since humans evolved.