Medical News

A new study found that women who play computer games for an hour a day are at risk for becoming overweight.

Praluent is now going to be made available in Europe as the European Commission signs off on the anti-cholesterol drug from Regeneron and Sanofi.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

A new drug has been found superior to current treatments in slowing the growth of advanced kidney cancer in patients who became resistant to the first-line therapies that had kept it in check, according to results from a...

Harvard scientists isolate a sea sponge molecule that may help in the battle against cancer.

Over 40 leading doctors and health experts in England warned against cutting the free school meals budget for infant pupils. It could worsen the country's growing obesity crisis, they said in a letter to the Sunday Times...

A major study published in the New England Journal of Medicine is providing the best evidence to date that a 21-gene test done on the tumor can identify breast cancer patients who can safely avoid chemotherapy.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

Too much of a good thing turned out to be a bad thing for one teen who turned to green tea. The tea leaves themselves likely weren't at fault.

The Food and Drug Administration finally approved Novo Nordisk's new long-acting insulin for use by American diabetics.

Research shows teenagers with bulimia recover much faster when parents get involved in their treatment. Here are signs parents should watch out for to determine if their child has the eating disorder.

Miracle, a tiny kitten who was found covered in feces and with two other dead cats in a paper bag, is now recovering. The animal is being cared for by the Wisconsin Humane Society and could be ready for adoption by the t...

A junior at Greenwich High School in Connecticut took the top honors at the 2015 Google Science Fair for her invention, the Ebola Assay Card, that could detect Ebola virus fast, cheaply and without requiring refrigeratio...

Teva announced to use Gecko's CareTRx program to track progress of patients with chronic respiratory disease.

New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.

CHICAGO. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Diabetes is a growing problem in the United States -- now affecting close to 30 million people. Diabetics who become increasingly obese are in danger of an ailment that often leads to amput...

Vienna, Austria: Aspirin improves survival in patients with tumours situated throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, results from a large study in The Netherlands show. This is the first time that survival data from ...

(University of Nottingham) Smokers who survive their habit into old age may hold the key to better lung health for all, according to a Medical Research Council-funded study involving researchers at the University of Nott...

(ECCO-the European CanCer Organisation) Today US researchers will present two novel findings with important implications for treatment of small cell lung cancer at the 2015 European Cancer Congress.

(ECCO-the European CanCer Organisation) Women who are pregnant when diagnosed with cancer can start treatment for their disease immediately and do not need to terminate their pregnancy due to worries over the effects of ...

(MediaSource) A new article published in the Journal of Emergency Nursing identifies the implications for the nursing practice when treating a transgender person. The ED experience of Brandon James (a pseudonym) outlines...