Public health officials could use social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to track contagious diseases, according to research published Tuesday.
A group of Medicare patients and their families sued the Obama administration on Thursday, saying they were deprived of coverage by the government health plan because of a policy that allows hospitals to avoid admitting elderly people with chronic ailments as inpatients.
Americans in the past year got access to 24 new medicines before they became available anywhere else, U.S. drug regulators said.
A number of parents are helping their underage children to sign up on Facebook by assisting them in lying about their age, a new survey has found.
Researchers discover that the skin sees UV light.
Runners from around the globe have been taking part in the New York City Marathon for nearly 40 years. However, they each have their own motivation and drive to finish the race
Researchers have found that a hard probe inserted in the cerebral cortex of a rat model turns nearly as flexible as the surrounding gray matter in minutes, and induces less of the tough scarring that blocks hard probes that do not change.
In a first time effort, University Of Missouri researchers have indicated that babies have the capability to understand adults and communicate as young as 10 months. The new study explores the myth regarding infants and their mental agility of understanding life in the first year of birth. The study explained that babies start to understand another person's thought process, providing new insights on how humans acquire knowledge and how communication develops.
Hospital association says strikes harm patients.
Focus should be on eating less, according to two nutrition experts.
Certain drugs are effective in cheaper pill form than as IVs, researchers said.
The likelihood of contracting breast cancer need not run through family lines, contrary to popular belief. According to new research, it is being suggested that women may not run the risk of breast cancer if their mothers or other members of the family test positive for genetic mutations of the same. The new findings, therefore, suggest that women who test negative for the mutation may not need extra cancer screening and increased preventive measures.
Research in Italy could lead to life-saving therapies.
Over 50 percent of patients turn to the Internet for health information.
Short training could help doctors pre-cancerous growths better, study suggests.
Safety of next-generation birth control pills in question
Taking classes during the third trimester of pregnancy may help.
The craze for McDonald's limited time offer of the McRib has begun again, but consumers might want to take a look at some of the item's ingredients before running out to order one.
The plan could make the country healthier, but is it realistic?
First Lady Michelle Obama will release a cookbook next year.
Jack the Cat has been found at JFK International Airport. After a two-month search for the feline, which went astray at JFK Airport, Jack the Cat was found alive late Tuesday night and taken immediately to a veterinarian in Queens. He is in critical condition.
Little spheres deliver medicine slowly and keep it inside the knee.
Bree Boyce, the reigning Miss South Carolina, said she was once an obese teenager who dropped more than 110 pounds over two years before she won the pageant title.
Vaccine is still the best way to prevent getting sick with influenza
Go Ask Alice is a sex education forum run by Columbia University' health services department. The site gives students a platform to ask health and sex-related questions and receive responses from educated health professionals who use the penname Alice. It is an internet resource produced by the Alice Health Promotion Program at Columbia University. However, the site is coming under fire for its methods of sex education.
Kids who spend time outside regularly have better eyesight
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, has been found to increase the rate of heart disease in women, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Scientists are scrambling to develop a universal flu vaccine that will protect against all strains of influenza. Some pharmaceutical companies say that vaccine could be available as soon as 2014.
A Minnesota farm is issuing a recall after its organic eggs were linked to six cases of salmonella.
The use of mobile phones does not put subscribers at the risk of contracting brain tumors, according to a new study published online, in the Oct. 20 issue of the British Medical Journal.
