MEDICINE

The onset was a single monkey coming down with pneumonia at the California National Primate Research Center in Davis. In a matter of weeks, 19 monkeys were dead and three human beings were sick.

Drchrono now provides a digital health records system that doctors can use on the iPad. Doctors can now effortlessly manage medical records and communicate with patients through the system.

MacMillan stated that only ten years ago, only about one-third of the population was destined to develop cancer.

Specifically, there is a “genetic switch” that prompts people to eat unhealthy foods.

The United Nations has reported that measles outbreaks in Ethiopia and Kenya have killed dozens of children and sickened thousands of others. Measles are spread through contact with droplets from the nose, mouth, or throat of an infected person and symptoms include bloodshot eyes, cough, fever, light sensitivity, muscle pain, and rash.

Measles, a highly contagious and serious disease, still wreaks havoc on Africa due to poverty and ignorance. A United Nations spokesperson said on Friday that 17,584 people have contracted this disease and 114 have died from it in Ethiopia, reported CBS.

The United Nations has reported that measles outbreaks in Ethiopia and Kenya have killed dozens of children and sickened thousands of others. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said today that at least 17,584 measles cases were reported by Ethiopian officials in the first half of the year. The outbreaks have results in 114 deaths.

Kate Middleton's recent trip to North America has catapulted the commoner-cum-duchess to global stardom. She's a fashionista and a role model to young girls. But according to one anorexia expert, that's not a good thing.

The diagnosis of a four-year-old's medical condition Kawasaki Disease via Facebook has gained the attention of the internet community.

In the same week social media network, Facebook, helps to diagnose a young boy with a rare autoimmune disease, actor John Travolta, 57, and his wife Kelly Preston, who both falsely claimed their son, Jett Travolta, had Kawasaki disease, a rare condition which causes inflammation of blood vessels, chose not to donate to charities supporting the illness.

A folk medicine has come under the scrutiny of a South Asian health department.

A true story about how Facebook saved a four year old boy's life.

A breakthrough raises a moral dilemma

A government advisory panel unanimously approved an experimental drug, Adcetris, from Bothell, WA.-based drug maker, Seattle Genetics, serving as the company's first commercial drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

HIV/AIDS treatment should be focused on preventing the disease's spread by administering drugs early, a prominent Canadian HIV researcher said ahead of a global HIV/AIDS conference.

Shannon Stone had funeral services this week after his tragic death last week.

A Canadian HIV researcher said today that treatment as prevention, or should be used worldwide in order to derail the AIDS epidemic. Two HIV studies in Africa revealed July 13 that antiretroviral drugs used in combination with anti-retroviral therapy helps treat HIV and prevents transmission through decreasing contagiousness.

Everyday consumer products from canned food containers to baby bottles are full of a potentially lethal chemical known as bisphenol A (BPA) that can lead to numerous health defects, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. said in an op-ed column.

Chronic cell phone users do not run an increased risk of developing brain tumors, according to a new study in Denmark.

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.

In a gruesome incident which brought back memories of the '90s Bobbitt case, a California woman handcuffed her husband, chopped of his penis and then mutilated the organ by putting it down the garbage disposal.