The sun on winter ski slopes can be just as dangerous to your skin as the sun on summer beaches. Dr. Ariel Ostad, a board certified dermatologist and assistant professor in the department of dermatology at New York University, explains common misconceptions about skin cancer in this first part of a multi-part series on how […]

Modifying its previous stance, the National Quality Forum is considering whether to drop its endorsement of a surgical antiseptic that was at the center of kickback allegations in January.

The newest numbers about U.S. obesity trends in the last ten years don't look great. They just made big news after a press statement by the CDC director and other officials, and the analysis was published in the end of February in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

    Two years ago, the nation’s collective stomach churned when people learned they were eating a meat product called “pink slime.” Lean finely textured beef as the industry wanted called it was meat scraps that were once earmarked for pet food repurposed for the human dinner table, especially the National School Lunch Program. While […]

Hospitals where nurses are qualified to bachelor’s degree level and have lower patient-to-nurse ratios have lower mortality rates. In a cross-European study published in The Lancet, researchers found every 10% increase in the numbers of nurses with bachelor’s degrees at a hospital reduced patient mortality by 7%. The researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School […]

Despite prolonged combat missions and a bigger than expected death toll in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers are a resilient bunch when it comes to mental health – and especially those in elite forces. Military personnel are considered a high-risk group for mental health problems, but a new study from researchers at King’s College […]

Environmental scientists have warned the long-term effects of synthetic chemicals used in packaging, food storage and processing food could be damaging our health. In a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the authors said most of these chemicals were found in “food contact materials”, including can coatings, laminates on cartons and […]

Influenza viruses rapidly evolve in shape, making it hard to develop protective vaccines against them. Despite a great deal of study, scientists have been at a loss to forecast their evolution in any detail for decades. Now, thanks to improvements in our ability to study viruses and a new mathematical model, anticipating influenza’s next move […]

Healthcare aside, scientists also often suffer from shockingly expensive scientific equipment prices. 3D printing offer us a solution too.

Researchers found that children born to mothers taking the most common over-the-counter painkiller had up to a 37 percent higher risk of ADHD by age seven.

Zohydro, a new prescription painkiller which carries a dire black box warning of "Life-threatening respiratory depression, addiction, interaction with alcohol,” and other serious risks.

In a bid to promote brain health, allay fears over memory loss, and tackle the stigma associated with dementia, researchers at Dublin’s Trinity College have developed a series of 10 short animated videos on the topic. Dementia is a growing issue in Ireland: while over 40,000 people currently live with the disorder, that figure looks […]

CHICAGO—A dramatic rise in thyroid cancer has resulted from overdiagnosis and treatment of tumors too small to ever cause harm, according to a study that found cases nearly tripled since 1975. The study is the latest to question whether all cancers need aggressive treatment. Other research has suggested that certain cancers of the prostate, breast, […]

Candy-maker Yisrael Kristal, 110, became the oldest known survivor of the Holocaust after Alice Herz-Sommer died at the age of 110 on Sunday. A 2013 study showed Holocaust survivors have a longer life span.

The question of whether marijuana, or cannabis, can kill a person is continuously debated. German scientists have now added to the conversation. Benno Hartung of University Hospital Düsseldorf in Germany conducted post-mortems on 15 people whose deaths were linked to cannabis use. They worked to rule out, if possible, other factors of deaths through numerous […]

PHILADELPHIA—An antibody found in the blood of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may be present long before the onset of the disease and its symptoms, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3. “If our results can […]

The sell by dates are intended for grocers, not consumers..so how long is food good after the date has passed?

  The Obama administration is finally addressing the expensive, dangerous and usually unnecessary psychiatric drugs that are footed by taxpayers in federal entitlement programs. It has proposed that insurers may limit Medicare coverage of certain classes of drugs that include Wellbutrin, Paxil and Prozac for depression and Abilify and Seroquel for schizophrenia. How expensive are […]

Scientists have developed a new chemical they claim can restore light sensitivity in blind mice. The compound, called DENAQ, acts as a “photoswitch” that can turn on light-sensitive cells in retinas when injected into the eyes. Each injection enabled blind mice to respond to normal levels of light perception for several days. The authors of […]

Sleep is an essential state of the brain but why do animals risk the vulnerability that comes with not being conscious for hours? What happens in the brain during sleep that’s so vital for life? Numerous theories for why we sleep have been proposed, and they all agree that sleep plays an important restorative function. […]

People spend almost one-third of their lives sleeping. Good-quality sleep plays a very important role in having a healthy life.

Although a voluntary shopping cart safety standard was implemented in the United States in 2004, the overall number and rate of injuries to children associated with shopping carts have not decreased. In fact, the number and rate of concussions/closed head injuries have continued to climb, according to a new study. The study, conducted by researchers […]

Children with a hearty appetite may be genetically predisposed to obesity, yet healthy eating habits could help to prevent weight gain, according to new British research.  With a third of British youngsters now overweight or obese, a research team from University College London wanted to find out why some children gain lots of weight and […]

    There is a reason hospital burn units have the highest turnover of nurses. There is a reason the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City and the 2012 Tazreen Fashions fire in Bangladesh live on in the world’s consciousness. There is a reason hell is depicted as eternal fire. Perishing from a […]

ST. LOUIS—The crumbs from the Christmas cookies are gone and black-eyed peas, eaten on New Year to bring luck, are a distant memory. Declared American Heart Month with Valentine’s Day smack dab in the middle, February is here. What to eat to keep your heart healthy? While some dietitians extol the virtues of red wine, […]

A new microscopy method could enable scientists to generate snapshots of dozens of different biomolecules in a single human cell at once. Which could shed light on complex cellular pathways.

Women in their 70s make up one-third of all breast cancer cases, and more than half of those are dying each year, according to government figures.