New tests to rapidly detect the flu are allowing doctors to cut down on the number of hospital patients who receive antibiotics, helping soften the rapidly worsening threat of antibiotic resistance.
Microwave ovens may be good for more than just zapping the leftovers; they may also help protect your family.
Some epilepsy patients can reliably predict when they are likely to have a seizure, a finding that may lead to better seizure prevention, according to a study published in the Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
A team of medical ethics and public health experts say tough isolation measures, involuntary if need be, are justified to contain a deadly, contagious, drug-resistant strain of TB in South Africa and to prevent “a potentially explosive international health crisis.”
Women with a history of abuse by intimate partners have significantly higher health care costs and utilization than women with no history of such abuse, according to a study conducted at Group Health, a Seattle-based health plan.
Thousands of young women are failing to have cervical smear tests, figures for England have revealed by the NHS Cancer Screening Programme.
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons issue patient safety advisory on Medi-spas.
Radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer reduces recurrence and prevents development of additional breast tumors in older women with early stage breast disease, according to a new study.
Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered that activation of a particular brain region predicts whether people tend to be selfish or altruistic.
Children who are abused show a higher incidence of health and medical conditions such as heart disease and diabetes as adults, revealed in a study.