Medical News

After medical marijuana became legal in Massachusetts, cannabis-related poison control calls involving the commonwealth's children and teenagers doubled, according to a public health investigation.

The discovery could one day let doctors prevent the infection by allowing E. coli to pass harmlessly through the body.

The study found that 'silent' covert strokes are actually more common than overt strokes in people aged 65 or older who have surgery.

The full moon has been associated with aberrant behavior for centuries. (Credit: Aron Visuals/Unsplash) It's sometimes called the "Transylvania effect." In the dark sky, the clouds shift, revealing the full moon's eerie ...

Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental illness in a given year. Severe mental illnesses cause the brain to have trouble dealing with cognitively effortful states, like focusing attention over ...

Engineers have developed experimental stickers that pick up physiological signals emanating from the skin, then wirelessly beam these health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing. It's all part of a system called ...

Scientists have identified a way to help dermatologists determine a patient's risk of developing melanoma.

Scientists have uncovered the genetics behind two distinct types of olfactory sensory neurons; the so called 'class I olfactory neurons' that has persisted from aquatic to terrestrial animals and the 'class II olfactory ...

'Coprolites' from the Must Farm archaeological excavation in East Anglia, UK, shows the prehistoric inhabitants were infected by parasitic worms that can be spread by eating raw fish, frogs and shellfish.