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Tuberculosis rates in the United States surged in 2015 after a 23-year decline. In terms of per capita rate, three in every 100,000 people now have TB, with more than half of cases clustered in Florida, Texas, New York a...

Be careful what you sip. Those boxed juices, fruit drinks and smoothies marketed to kids contain 'unacceptably high' amounts of sugar that even one small carton contains a child's recommended daily sugar intake, research...

Power naps are nice, but make sure to keep them under 30 minutes. Researchers found that naps longer than 40 minutes increase the risk for metabolic syndrome by up to 50 percent.

Biomedical engineering researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a technique that uses a patch embedded with microneedles to deliver cancer immunoth...

Microbiologists have discovered that frog foams can serve as an effective antibiotic carrier compared to plasters. Tungara frogs create foams of protein as they lay their eggs to serve as nests.

The FDA has released a draft guidance on creating generic versions of anti-abuse opioid drugs. This move is part of the agency's overall strategy to stop abuse and misuse of the substance by boosting abuse-deterrent opio...

A new study set to be presented at the upcoming conference of the American College of Cardiology suggests that routine mammography can also be used to reveal the likelihood of a person to develop cardiovascular disease. ...

A global health commission issues an important call to change current policies against drug wars. As a start, it wants to decriminalize minor drug offenses.

A woman sued the Yale-New Haven Hospital for an alleged medical malpractice. Yale surgeons removed the wrong body part and tried to cover up the mistake.

Surgeons were able to recover 27 bags of heroin from the stomach of a man who came in with symptoms of overdose. The police believes one of the bag was destroyed and leaked to the patient's body.

Consuming too much coffee or tea prior to and during the early weeks of pregnancy may increase miscarriage risk. Women whose partners drink too much caffeinated drinks are also more likely to miscarry.

You might assume that with the ever-changing lifestyles and the next generation of nonchalant youngsters, healthy food choices might be going a downward spiral. Surprisingly, it's the other way around!

Respironics is set to pay $34.8 million for resolving issues on giving alleged kickbacks to medical equipment suppliers. The company, which makes sleep apnea masks, was said to provide free call center services to suppli...

Genetically modified green bottle fly larvae were engineered under certain conditions, making them produce a human platelet helpful in wound healing and cleansing.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Dental implants, where a post is put into the jawbone to hold a crown, are improving with new technology. Newly- approved implants not only look better, but work better.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Colorado's newest center dedicated to improving mental and behavioral health has been established with a $10 million five-year commitment from the Anschutz Foundation, one...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A study from Massachusetts General Hospital researchers finds that the brains of young adult marijuana users react differently to social exclusion than do those of non-users.

(Indiana University) Every day, more than 15 million unpaid caregivers provide care to people with Alzheimer's disease, with little outside support and often at the risk of their own health.

(Stanford University) Chemical engineers at Stanford have discovered mechanical properties of the tear film on the eye's surface that can be used to manufacture contact lenses that more closely mimic the eye.

(Duke University) Duke scientists have discovered a new class of molecular tags that enhance MRI signals by 10,000-fold and generate detectable signals that last over an hour. The tags are biocompatible and inexpensive t...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern report that inactivating a certain protein-coding gene promotes liver tissue regeneration in mammals.

(Duke-NUS Medical School) Renal fibrosis or the scarring of kidneys, following an injury, reduces their function and can cause kidney disease to progressively worsen. In a recent study, published in Kidney International,...