Medical News

Health officials are now investigating kratom supplements as the number of salmonella cases linked to kratom increases. To date, there have been 87 cases in the kratom-based salmonella outbreak.

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention released a new study showing that people who binge drink have an average of 7 drinks at a time. To be considered a binge drinker, people need to drink 5 or more drinks at a ...

News U.S. Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process for engineering next-generation soft materials with embedded chemical networks that mimic the behavior of ... Topics: Neurology

Today is World Sleep Day, a celebration of the importance of sleep. Here's why it has such a huge role in our lives, why sleep deprivation is dangerous, and how 'Heartfulness Meditation' could improve sleep quality.

News New research shows how the novel drug QNZ-46 can help to lessen the effects of excess release of glutamate in the brain - the main cause of brain injury in stroke. Published in Nature Communications, the study ... C...

News Tumor cells circulating throughout the body in blood vessels have long been feared as harbingers of metastasizing cancer - even though most free-floating cancer cells will not go on to establish a ... Contributed Au...

News Tumor cells circulating throughout the body in blood vessels have long been feared as harbingers of metastasizing cancer - even though most free-floating cancer cells will not go on to establish ... Contributed Auth...

News Orthofix International N.V., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Spinal Kinetics Inc., a privately-held developer and manufacturer of artificial cervical and lumbar discs... Contributed Author: Busine...

Chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted disease, possibly doubles ovarian cancer risk. Women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer do not have good chances of survival, with 55 percent succumbing to the disease w...

News Aircuity has, announced the launch of its 2.0 platform. Aircuity 2.0 is ideal for healthcare facilities looking to significantly reduce energy costs, provide healthier indoor environments for patients and staff, and...

Just how much can coffee affect the body? A new research finds that drinking coffee actually affects changes in more than a hundred metabolites in the blood.

CDC data shows that physical activity among Americans are on the rise, but so is obesity. What could be stopping Americans from getting to a healthy weight?

On March 14, the SEC has filed fraud charges against Theranos and its chief executive Elizabeth Holmes over the Edison. The blood-testing machine turns out to be a fake and that investors have only been misled all along.

In a historic move, the Food and Drug Authority announced its plan to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels. This effort could lead to lower smoking rates and could address rising tobacco smoking-related ...

(University of Louisville) An online program persuaded teenage mothers across 10 Kentucky counties to seek medical help for depression, highlighting an inexpensive way to increase mental health treatment rates for the vu...

(Consortium of MS Centers) March is MS Awareness Month and the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis (CMSC) has partnered with leading organizations, accredited content providers, and its membership to provide optimal educati...

(Bentham Science Publishers) Pediatric Orthodontics: Theory and Practice represents an effort to synthesize a systematic approach to the diagnosis and treatment planning of orthodontics problem only in the mixed- dentiti...

(University of Seville) From the second trimester of pregnancy, the future baby already shows signs of pain when given a harmful stimulus or as a response to stress. In response to this confirmation, the researchers indi...

(Virginia Tech) The achievements of three girls who received intensive therapy through the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute's Neuromotor Research Clinic based on innovative pediatric neurorehabilitation research...

(University of Southern California) A close examination of national health data indicate that the rate of biological aging appears to be more delayed for all Americans, but particularly for men, which may extend their li...

(IOS Press) The ability to generate spoken verbs in infinitive in a given time begins to worsen in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thus, the verb fluency test has been found to be a suitable neuropsychologi...

(Rutgers University) A Rutgers study calls attention to post-storm hazards posed to tree care workers and provides safety recommendations.