The risks associated with privacy and security breaches in healthcare are identified by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, which released a new report Privacy and Security in Health Care: A Fresh Look.
A Beverly Hills bariatric surgeon has offered tips when considering a Lap Band procedure.
Radio frequency exposure from cell phones is not linked to brain cancer, according to a study by British scientists
Researchers are a step closer to creating a medical 'smart bomb' that would seek out and wipe the root of cancer cells.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have only six weeks to live, according to the US-based tabloid National Enquirer. The magazine has published photos of Jobs taken on February 8 outside Stanford Cancer Center that show Jobs looking extremely thin and frail.
Almost 1,000 school-children in Japan have become ill in a feared outbreak of food poisoning.
An American woman in her 60s made history after she gave birth to her daughter's baby. Kristine Casey, 61, acted as a surrogate mother for her 35-year old daughter Sara Connell, who had been trying for years to conceive.
No 'safe' level of consumption of energy drinks has been established for children, adolescents and young adults, says the report from the medical journal.
Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organization warned on Friday.
California-based entrepreneur Soquel, Calif., has created a new line of soda pot or marijuana soda and plans to roll out in February in Colorado.
Obama kicked smoking habit almost a year back and didn’t have had a cigarette since then, says first lady Michelle Obama.
The US Food and Drug Administration FDA on Tuesday approved the first pacemaker system -- produced by medical device giant Medtronic Inc and designed to be used safely during certain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams.
Studies published in the medical journal The Lancet, show that obesity worldwide almost doubled in the decades between 1980 and 2008.
A new research has confirmed five new genes involved in Parkinson’s Disease (PD), bringing the total to eleven, showing that genetic factors play a greater role in the disease than previously believed.
The number of Americans with diabetes have increased to nearly 26 million as more people are developing the disease and many who have it are living longer, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Charlie refuses to go to a rehab facility and wants to undergo treatment at home
President Barack Obama said on Friday his healthcare overhaul is an important part of efforts to cut the budget deficit and insisted he will not refight the battle to pass the law.
It is often misdiagnosed and confused with Down’s syndrome
The partnership would work towards immunization of millions of children in Afghanistan and Pakistan against deadly diseases such as polio, diphtheria, tetanus and others
The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a winter storm warning for portions of northeast New Jersey, New York City and Long Island.
Life spans in the U.S. lags behind its major high-income industrial peers largely due to Americans’ long history of smoking as well as rising rates of obesity, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC).
Scientists in the United Kingdom have identified a “rogue” gene that attacks and breaks down a naturally-occurring protein in the body which normally prevents cancer cells spreading. By blocking the WWP2 gene, which is an enzymic bonding agent found inside cancer cells, levels of the natural inhibitor are boosted and the cancer cells remain dormant.
With the reopening of clinic where a hyperbaric chamber exploded killing a woman and her grandson, the debate over the dependability of these medical devices has risen again. Hyperbaric Chambers, life-saving devices or killer machines?
Fitness guru Jack LaLanne breathed his last on Jan.23 at his California residence due to respiratory failure caused from pneumonia. He was 96.
Hospira Inc. decides to stop production of sodium theopental - one component of the combination widely used in lethal injections.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he might need to have heart transplant operation, given his history of cardiovascular problems.
Britain launched a public consultation Monday to help authorities decide whether people who donate eggs and sperm to fertility clinics should be paid cash compensation, and if so how much.
Scientists have found a protein that acts as a master switch to determine whether certain white blood cells will boost or dampen inflammation, a finding that may help the search for new drugs for rheumatoid arthritis.
How can you tell if someone is successful in a social life? Generally, advanced educations, high level of foreign language proficiency, and various experiences makes you an outstanding person. However, a great deal of evidence addresses that an attractive voice can be more important than above for one to have a successful social life.
U.S. health regulators are requesting a limit on the amount of acetaminophen in prescription pain medicines in an effort to curb the risk of liver damage.
