Updated: Wednesday, February 22 2012 2:58 PM EST 2012-02-22 19:58:24 GMT
A Food and Drug Administration panel is reconsidering whether to approve the diet pill Q-nexa.
Updated: Wednesday, February 22 2012 9:50 AM EST 2012-02-22 14:50:42 GMT
UCLA researchers say patients who survive heart failure usually combine 4 to 5 different treatments.
Updated: Wednesday, February 22 2012 9:38 AM EST 2012-02-22 14:38:59 GMT
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University believe they have found a tumor suppressor gene that exists in the intestinal tract
Updated: Wednesday, February 22 2012 9:35 AM EST 2012-02-22 14:35:41 GMT
Researchers say that MRSA began as a basic staph infection in people and then migrated to food animals like cows, pigs and turkeys.
Updated: Tuesday, February 21 2012 4:00 PM EST 2012-02-21 21:00:50 GMT
New research shows women who are having heart attacks often do not feel chest pain and that's causing them to die more often in the hospital.
Updated: Tuesday, February 21 2012 9:49 AM EST 2012-02-21 14:49:24 GMT
The movies your children watch could influence when they start drinking.
Updated: Tuesday, February 21 2012 9:46 AM EST 2012-02-21 14:46:49 GMT
Scientists say their findings suggest colic may be an early symptom of migraines.
Updated: Tuesday, February 21 2012 9:44 AM EST 2012-02-21 14:44:01 GMT
Hepatitis-C now claims more lives than HIV.
Updated: Monday, February 20 2012 10:09 AM EST 2012-02-20 15:09:56 GMT
Scientists believe this discovery could lead to drugs that reverse the problem
Updated: Monday, February 20 2012 10:07 AM EST 2012-02-20 15:07:47 GMT
Scientists are testing an experimental drug that may stop brain damage after a head injury.
Updated: Monday, February 20 2012 10:04 AM EST 2012-02-20 15:04:36 GMT
Pregnant woman who use nicotine replacement therapy to quick smoking may be harming their babies.
Updated: Friday, February 17 2012 2:27 PM EST 2012-02-17 19:27:17 GMT
A major clinical trial found that injecting life saving medication in the leg of a seizure patient works faster than traditional intravenous methods.
Updated: Friday, February 17 2012 8:43 AM EST 2012-02-17 13:43:09 GMT
Doctors say walking a dog for a half hour a day is a low-risk exercise that can help improve the health of pregnant women.
Updated: Friday, February 17 2012 8:39 AM EST 2012-02-17 13:39:48 GMT
New research suggests autism does not appear suddenly in young children, but instead develops over time during infancy.
Updated: Friday, February 17 2012 8:36 AM EST 2012-02-17 13:36:21 GMT
Children who live with an alcoholic parent are also more likely to be abused or neglected at home.
Updated: Thursday, February 16 2012 2:37 PM EST 2012-02-16 19:37:12 GMT
Some organic foods may contain a hidden danger. A Dartmouth study found arsenic in foods that use brown rice syrup as a sweetener. Brown rice syrup has become a preferred alternative to high
Updated: Thursday, February 16 2012 2:36 PM EST 2012-02-16 19:36:24 GMT
Having a dog can help pregnant women get the exercise they need. Researchers studied 11-thousand pregnant women and found that those who owned dogs were 50-percent more likely to get the recommended
Updated: Thursday, February 16 2012 2:33 PM EST 2012-02-16 19:33:01 GMT
How fast you walk and how strong you grasp may help doctors predict if you will develop dementia or stroke. Researchers in Boston tested the walking speed and hand strength of more than 2,400
Updated: Wednesday, February 15 2012 9:05 AM EST 2012-02-15 14:05:55 GMT
A new study points out that cold water causes a degree of shock to the body.
Updated: Wednesday, February 15 2012 9:02 AM EST 2012-02-15 14:02:24 GMT
Researchers in Saint Louis looked at sleep patterns of 100 people and those who woke the most during the night were more likely to have plaque buildups in the brain.
Updated: Wednesday, February 15 2012 8:58 AM EST 2012-02-15 13:58:38 GMT
Researchers suggest treating symptoms instead, and allowing patients to get better on their own.
Updated: Tuesday, February 14 2012 8:54 AM EST 2012-02-14 13:54:34 GMT
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University say more than 26 million Americans over the age of 50 have hearing loss but only one in seven uses a hearing aid.
Updated: Tuesday, February 14 2012 8:51 AM EST 2012-02-14 13:51:48 GMT
Researchers found heart attack patients who received their own stem cells saw their scar size cut in half.
Updated: Tuesday, February 14 2012 8:45 AM EST 2012-02-14 13:45:14 GMT
Scientists studied more than 1700 stroke victims in the Boston area over a ten-year period
Updated: Monday, February 13 2012 10:05 AM EST 2012-02-13 15:05:18 GMT
Children today don't get enough sleep but neither did their parents or their grandparents or even their great grandparents.
Updated: Monday, February 13 2012 10:01 AM EST 2012-02-13 15:01:44 GMT
Doctors say more research is needed to determine the link between juvenile arthritis and cancer.
Updated: Monday, February 13 2012 10:00 AM EST 2012-02-13 15:00:21 GMT
Doctors say cutting calories and eating healthy may be a simple way to prevent memory loss.
Updated: Friday, February 10 2012 10:19 AM EST 2012-02-10 15:19:45 GMT
The number of total knee replacement surgeries has doubled over the past decade.
Updated: Friday, February 10 2012 10:18 AM EST 2012-02-10 15:18:16 GMT
Their study looked at women who were diagnosed with cancer after becoming pregnant.
Updated: Friday, February 10 2012 10:14 AM EST 2012-02-10 15:14:58 GMT
Scientists tested the drug Bexarotene on mice and found it can reverse the disease, improving memory and brain function.
Updated: Thursday, February 9 2012 9:25 AM EST 2012-02-09 14:25:49 GMT
A new study finds Tai Chi is more effective than other exercises for patients with Parkinson's disease.
Updated: Thursday, February 9 2012 9:23 AM EST 2012-02-09 14:23:38 GMT
British researchers found that a mutated Y chromosome from fathers can double a son's risk of coronary disease.
Updated: Thursday, February 9 2012 9:18 AM EST 2012-02-09 14:18:03 GMT
A new survey in the journal health affairs finds that more than half admit to making a patient's prognosis sound better than it actually is.
Updated: Wednesday, February 8 2012 9:33 AM EST 2012-02-08 14:33:08 GMT
Most of the sodium comes from prepackaged foods and restaurants.
Updated: Wednesday, February 8 2012 9:30 AM EST 2012-02-08 14:30:08 GMT
Researchers say children make a smoother transition to school when families and schools are strongly connected.
Updated: Wednesday, February 8 2012 9:25 AM EST 2012-02-08 14:25:34 GMT
The Obama administration is pumping an additional $50,000,000 into Alzheimer's research.
Updated: Tuesday, February 7 2012 8:38 AM EST 2012-02-07 13:38:01 GMT
Giving babies finger foods might be the best way to wean them from the bottle.
Updated: Tuesday, February 7 2012 8:34 AM EST 2012-02-07 13:34:42 GMT
Doctors at the University Health Network in Toronto found Exemestane can cause significant bone loss in postmenopausal women.
Updated: Tuesday, February 7 2012 8:31 AM EST 2012-02-07 13:31:36 GMT
The American College of Physicians says the drug metformin is the most effective choice to reduce blood sugar levels.
Updated: Monday, February 6 2012 9:05 AM EST 2012-02-06 14:05:26 GMT
Doctors say this social dynamic may be a contributing factor in the obesity epidemic.
Updated: Monday, February 6 2012 9:02 AM EST 2012-02-06 14:02:53 GMT
Fewer teenagers are being exposed to second hand smoke riding in cars.
Updated: Monday, February 6 2012 8:58 AM EST 2012-02-06 13:58:54 GMT
British researchers say people who inherited the gene from both parents had double the risk.
Updated: Friday, February 3 2012 8:32 AM EST 2012-02-03 13:32:18 GMT
USC researchers found that kids are more likely to smoke if their teammates do and they found the tendency may be stronger for girls.
Updated: Friday, February 3 2012 8:27 AM EST 2012-02-03 13:27:23 GMT
The study disputes previous thinking that relationship problems often lead to childhood depression.
Updated: Friday, February 3 2012 8:22 AM EST 2012-02-03 13:22:42 GMT
Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise with people over 45.
Updated: Thursday, February 2 2012 9:10 AM EST 2012-02-02 14:10:24 GMT
Studies have shown massage can also reduce chronic pain and improve range of motion.
Updated: Thursday, February 2 2012 9:07 AM EST 2012-02-02 14:07:04 GMT
The behavior was most prominent at the beginning of a meal.
Updated: Thursday, February 2 2012 8:59 AM EST 2012-02-02 13:59:25 GMT
A new study finds people who have higher levels of Vitamin D in their diet cut their risk of stroke 11 percent.
Updated: Wednesday, February 1 2012 9:23 AM EST 2012-02-01 14:23:36 GMT
A new study at Berkeley tracked brain activity as people listened to normal conversation.
Updated: Wednesday, February 1 2012 9:20 AM EST 2012-02-01 14:20:05 GMT
Researchers found physical activity also improved a patients' emotional well being.
Updated: Wednesday, February 1 2012 9:17 AM EST 2012-02-01 14:17:06 GMT
Massachusetts researchers say the risk is even higher for women who smoke.
Updated: Tuesday, January 31 2012 8:29 AM EST 2012-01-31 13:29:58 GMT
Researchers say this highlights how important nurturing is for mental development.
Updated: Tuesday, January 31 2012 8:26 AM EST 2012-01-31 13:26:48 GMT
Researchers say they are planning follow up studies to figure out why this happens.
Updated: Tuesday, January 31 2012 8:20 AM EST 2012-01-31 13:20:41 GMT
The drug, known as erivedge, will treat people with basal cell carcinoma.
Updated: Monday, January 30 2012 10:27 AM EST 2012-01-30 15:27:50 GMT
Scientists say weight is only part of the reason why.
Updated: Monday, January 30 2012 10:25 AM EST 2012-01-30 15:25:34 GMT
Most state laws require booster seats until kids are 8 years old.
Updated: Monday, January 30 2012 10:22 AM EST 2012-01-30 15:22:34 GMT
A faulty body clock may increase the risk of type two diabetes.
Updated: Friday, January 27 2012 8:58 AM EST 2012-01-27 13:58:53 GMT
A new study in the British Medical Journal shows many patients don't have the energy to make complaints or believe it won't make a difference.
Updated: Friday, January 27 2012 8:54 AM EST 2012-01-27 13:54:46 GMT
The hope is to one day develop a way to block the protein from reaching the brain.
Updated: Friday, January 27 2012 8:49 AM EST 2012-01-27 13:49:49 GMT
The test measures the activity of 14 genes in cancerous tissue.
Updated: Tuesday, January 24 2012 2:57 PM EST 2012-01-24 19:57:36 GMT
Doctors are finding ways to diagnose dyslexia even before a child begins learning to read. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston performed MRI scans on pre-schoolers. The tests showed differences in
Updated: Tuesday, January 24 2012 2:52 PM EST 2012-01-24 19:52:52 GMT
There's new evidence that an active brain may help prevent Alzheimer's.
Updated: Monday, January 9 2012 8:31 AM EST 2012-01-09 13:31:32 GMT
The so-called couch potato pill builds muscle in completely inactive mice.
Updated: Tuesday, January 3 2012 9:59 AM EST 2012-01-03 14:59:26 GMT
Studies show pregnant women with an underactive thyroid may have an increased risk of miscarriage and give birth to babies with lower IQs.
Updated: Tuesday, January 3 2012 9:56 AM EST 2012-01-03 14:56:01 GMT
Deep brain stimulation may be a safe and effective way to give relief to people suffering from manic depression.
Updated: Tuesday, January 3 2012 9:52 AM EST 2012-01-03 14:52:34 GMT
Researchers in New York found children who were exposed to gestational diabetes and raised in a low income household are 14-times more likely to develop ADHD by age six.
Updated: Monday, January 2 2012 3:33 PM EST 2012-01-02 20:33:43 GMT
A new report from the American Academy of Neurology looked a hundreds of elderly men and women with no history of dementia.
Updated: Monday, January 2 2012 3:31 PM EST 2012-01-02 20:31:43 GMT
The drugs may not ward off cancer but the study suggests a link between controlling cholesterol and surviving the disease.
Updated: Monday, January 2 2012 3:29 PM EST 2012-01-02 20:29:08 GMT
Researchers say kids with diabetes should get a doctor's help to make sure they're getting proper rest.
Updated: Thursday, December 22 2011 11:12 AM EST 2011-12-22 16:12:26 GMT
Bigger may indeed be better when it comes to the size of your brain.
Updated: Thursday, December 22 2011 10:15 AM EST 2011-12-22 15:15:27 GMT
France may offer free surgery to remove silicone breast implants from thousands of a now defunct manufacturer is accused of filling the implants with cheap industrial silicone.
Updated: Wednesday, December 21 2011 9:27 AM EST 2011-12-21 14:27:16 GMT
There are new calls for tobacco companies to eliminate cigarette additives.
Updated: Wednesday, December 21 2011 9:24 AM EST 2011-12-21 14:24:22 GMT
About 40 percent of police officers have some kind of sleep disorder.
Updated: Wednesday, December 21 2011 9:17 AM EST 2011-12-21 14:17:19 GMT
The exploding rate of prescription pain killer abuse is driving the trend.
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