CHICAGO – An influential US government advisory panel is dropping its opposition to routine prostate cancer screening in favor of letting men decide for themselves after talking with their doctors.
Instead of focusing just on self-driving cars, the company is turning its attention to robots to help keep the country’s rapidly graying society on the move.
When Carsten Flemming Hansen was admitted to Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, he learned he didn’t have much time left. According to a statement on Facebook from the hospital, Hansen was admitted last week after suffering an aortic aneurysm …
TUESDAY, April 11, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Chiropractors can help ease some cases of low back pain, though their treatments may be no better than taking an over-the-counter pain reliever, a new analysis finds.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The top organization in the US responsible for developing genetic testing guidelines is not on board with the US Food and Drug Administration’s decision last week to allow 23andMe to sell genetic health risk tests online directly …
Last week in Gaborone, Botswana, Laura and I sat in a small room in Tlokweng Main Clinic, a facility that recently started screening and treating women for cervical cancer.
The leader of Maryland’s powerful Legislative Black Caucus knew she was facing defeat. Del. Cheryl D. Glenn (D-Baltimore) made diversifying the state’s new medical marijuana industry a top priority for the largest caucus in the General Assembly, and …
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) found a way to tether HIV-fighting antibodies to immune cells. Agencies | Published: April 12, 2017 1:39 pm.
The black-legged tick, or deer tick, is known to carry and transmit the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. It is one of four species of tick found in Alabama.
One hemisphere of a healthy brain (L) is pictured next to one hemisphere of a brain of a person suffering from Alzheimer disease, at the Morphological unit of psychopathology in the Neuropsychiatry division of the Belle Idee University Hospital in …
Who needs fancy scanners, blood tests and X-rays to tell us if we have cancer? Soon, if an Alabama company has its way, all we will need to do is chew a stick of gum.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Despite mounting evidence about the effectiveness and safety of vaccinating children against a virus that causes cervical cancer, opponents continue to press for repeal of Rhode Island’s vaccine mandate.
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