Heart CT scans may help emergency room personnel more quickly assess patients with chest pain
Adding computed tomography (CT) scans to standard screening procedures may help emergency room staff more rapidly determine which patients complaining of chest pain are having a heart attack or may soon have a heart attack, and which patients can be...
Could Germs on Your Skin Be Good for You?
Colonies of bacteria that call your skin home may help direct your immune system to fend off pathogens and other threats, new...
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day, UN health agency urges greater efforts to fight disease
The frequent use of injections can add to the risk of Hepatitis infection.
People With Darker Skin Still at Risk for Melanoma
Skin cancer is more common among white people, but people with darker skin are also at risk, a dermatology expert cautions.
UN-backed anti-measles campaign reaches over 5 million Afghan children
Afghan health workers vaccinating children for measles and polio in District 5 of Kabul on 10...
Cancer Drug May Flush Out 'Hidden' HIV: Study
Medications can eliminate any sign of HIV from the bloodstream, but the virus that causes AIDS never vanishes for good. Instead, it hides in...
Neglect May Harm Brain Growth in Children
Severe social and physical neglect harms a child's brain development, but these effects can be partially reversed if the child is moved to...
Obese Kids May Be at Higher Risk for Heart Disease
Researchers who found that two out of three severely obese children already have at least one risk factor for heart...
33 Sickened by Salmonella Linked to Ground Beef: CDC
A salmonella outbreak that has sickened 33 people in seven states appears to be linked to recalled ground beef produced by Cargill Meat...
Cognitive changes may be only sign of fetal alcohol exposure
Most children exposed to high levels of alcohol in the womb do not develop the distinct facial features seen in fetal alcohol syndrome, but instead show signs of abnormal intellectual or behavioral development, according to a study by researchers at...
