A new government study published in the Annals of Family Medicine shows that those who drink hot tea or coffee are about twice as likely as non-drinkers to ward off methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in their nostrils.
Healthy HIV-free people could reduce their risk of getting the infection if they take a daily dose of antiretroviral drugs used to treat it, two groundbreaking studies have found.
Some experts have said that chronically obese children should be taken away from their parents, read the Journal of the American Medical Association as poor caretaking is only one risk factor for childhood obesity. And a question arises: Should the government step in and take these children from their homes or is this akin to banning circumcision in California?
A California woman learned the hard that cutting husband’s penis off with a kitchen knife will get you charged with torture. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office said in a written statement that Kieu tied her sleeping husband to a bed with nylon ropes and sliced off his penis.
Two HIV studies in Africa have revealed today that taking a daily pill containing antiretroviral drugs can reduce HIV transmission by as much as 75% in heterosexual couples. The results were called so compelling that that larger study was halted, researchers said Wednesday.
A controversial editorial in a medical journal is calling for the removal of fat children from their parents' home if the situation calls for it.
Salt consumption may put you at high risk for early death, according to a recent study.
AIDS drugs designed to treat HIV can also be used to reduce dramatically the risk of infection among heterosexual couples, two studies conducted in Africa showed for the first time on Wednesday.
Parents of incredibly obese children should lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight, a new commentary suggests.
AIDS drugs designed to treat HIV can also be used to reduce dramatically the risk of infection among heterosexual couples, two studies conducted in Africa showed for the first time on Wednesday.
Few American women would put veggies on the top of their 'can't-live-without' list. Likewise, eating healthy doesn't mean you have to deprive yourself or make life difficult: One glass of wine per day cuts your odds of dying by 20 percent, according to Health.com.
Even if you are as perfect as a parent can be, if your children are severely obese they should be taken away, opines a new commentary.
The woman who cut off her husband's penis was arrested in California and could serve life in prison for allegedly drugging her husband after throwing the severed genital in a garbage disposal, authorities say. The 51-year-old victim is recovering after successful emergency surgery.
Men are more likely than women to be diagnosed and die of cancer, according to government research and analysis of 36 different types of tumors and blood cancers that affect both sexes.
Two new studies in Africa have found out that, infection with Aids virus can be prevented by daily pills in heterosexual men and women.
The death toll in a Russian riverboat accident reached 100 on Wednesday after divers recovered more bodies from the sunken vessel, an Emergency Situations Ministry official said.
Parents of incredibly obese children should lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight, a new commentary suggests.
More men die from cancer than women, according to a study published Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Obesity is an epidemic in the United States and in other countries of the world. Experts have released exercise and activity tips for children under the age of 5 to combat the problem.
New guidance has been released regarding fitness and activity levels for children under the age of 5. Restraints like car seats and strollers should be used sparingly, experts say.
The Obama administration pushed harder for its strict deadline of January 2013 to certify state health insurance exchanges and proposed that each exchange - showing progress - receive conditional approval, in becoming fully operational by January 2014.
The first review of its kind published on Monday showed a direct connection to smoking while pregnant and birth defects, like clefts, clubfoot and other deformations, although one in five pregnant Americans continue to smoke, TIME said.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday proposed rules that will offer states more flexibility and encourage a competitive marketplace. In this marketplace individuals and small businesses can buy affordable private health insurance and have similar choices as the members of Congress.
A new study published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found men have a higher mortality rate for a vast majority of cancers than women do.
A study has shown that people who consume too much salt and not enough potassium are twice as likely to die from heart disease, a problem affecting nearly 1 million Americans per year.
A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea was found to be resistant to antibiotics, international researchers say. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 persons in the U.S. get new gonorrheal infections each year and less than half of these infections are reported to CDC.
During a 14-year-old trial study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine Journal, researchers found that a diet high in sodium and low in potassium increases the risk of death from heart disease and other related health risks. The study also found that a higher sodium intake is associated with increased total mortality in the general US population.
Health officials say gonorrhea is showing resistance to the antibiotics used to treat it, causing concerns over a gonorrhea superbug outbreak. The resistant gonorrhea strain has not be found in the United states, but CDC officials say there are signs it could happen.
Spanish surgeons carried out the world's first double-leg transplant on Monday, giving new limbs to an accident victim who lost both.
The U.S. registered its 19th driest and 26th warmest June on record, according to scientists at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
