US scientists have re-engineered a vital antibiotic in a bid to wipe out one of the world’s most threatening superbugs. Their new version of vancomycin is designed to be ultra-tough and appears to be a thousand times more potent than the old drug, PNAS …
Fathers just might play favorites when it comes to their kids, a new study states. According to researchers from Emory University in Atlanta, fathers tend to be more attentive to their daughters compared to their sons, Tech Times reports.
Did India conceal its first cases of the Zika virus? On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said India’s health ministry had confirmed three cases of the mosquito-borne virus from the city of Ahmedabad in western Gujarat state.
When you feel particularly exhausted, it can definitely feel like you are also lacking in brain capacity. Now, a new study has suggested this could be because chronic sleep deprivation can actually cause the brain to eat itself.
It started with vomiting and a fever. But a few days later, five-month old Liam was in the emergency room, his tiny body gripped by hourly waves of seizures.
Federal authorities are investigating dozens of new cases of possible opioid and other drug theft by employees at Veterans Affairs hospitals, a sign the problem isn’t going away as more prescriptions disappear.
Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste.
Cleveland – Ohioans wanting medical marijuana have been crossing the border into Michigan, where some Detroit-area dispensaries will sell to out-of-staters who are issued recommendations for cannabis use months ahead of the drug becoming available …
MONDAY, May 29, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Though mowing lawns has long been a source of income for young people, experts warn that lawn mowers pose a major safety risk to children.
University of Pittsburgh scientists say they have developed a basic tool that has been missing in the quest to cure HIV: a test that can measure the last traces of the virus in patients’ blood.
MONDAY, May 29, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Methamphetamine users who quit the drug may get a break: New research suggests it’s possible to reverse heart damage with proper medical treatment.
When I saw my mom take her first survivor lap at a Relay For Life event a few years back, I was brought to tears. There was just something about the moment that released a wave of emotion.
Steel compartments in a morgue are pictured in this undated stock photo. A newspaper survey of Ohio county coroners has found more than 4,000 people died from drug overdoses last year in a state among the hardest hit by a heroin and opioid …
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