Hospitalizations have become an accelerated process, and today's medical practitioners are often too busy to go over all of the specifics.
You've probably seen it on a trip to New York, but you didn't know that North Brother Island was once home to an infectious disease clinic.
Just tell this app what it is that you're looking for and it will direct you, using a GPS system, to the closest pharmacy with the best deal around.
A disease isn't a tangible entity like a medicine bottle or a stethoscope, but many of them need to be preserved and remembered in museums.
The pills themselves, made with the incorrect dosage of active and inactive tablets, are not dangerous, but could lead to pregnancies.
New proposals on pollution levels at beaches from the Environmental Protection Agency would allow one in every 28 visitors to get sick.
The mysterious decision by the leading breast-cancer charity to stop funding the country's most prominent reproductive-health provider.
Experimenting with ultrasound, researchers at UNC found they could reduce sperm counts in rats to levels that would make humans infertile.
The globetrotting surgeon and and consultant talks about why she was drawn to medicine and what it takes to succeed in her crowded field.
The latest facts and figures from the all of the most influential medical journals; newspapers; and health, fitness, and wellness websites.
New research suggests that they probably don't give us brain tumors, don't lead to car crashes, and aren't even responsible for all that sexting.
PFCs, found in pizza boxes, fast-food wrappers, popcorn bags, certain clothing, and more, have been tied to a lower level of antibodies in kids.
The professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California shares his provocative ideas regarding the treatment of cancer after decades of research in the field.
The environmental crusader was called in after 15 students at Le Roy High School developed a series of tics similar to Tourette's syndrome.
Because drug resistance is an increasing problem, the FDA has finally decided to curb the use of some antibiotics in farm animals.
Some investigative work by the New York Times reveals that the New York City health campaign using a striking image was digitally created.
While we've largely forgotten about the disease here in the United States, where there are an estimated 5,000 people living with it, leprosy affects at least 15 million around the world.
Who knew that snake oil salesmen still existed? It was over one hundred years ago that the FDA started regulating the sale of medicines.
Hookworm, trachoma, elephantiasis, snail fever, roundworm, river blindness, and whip worm can be treated for only 50 cents a year.
Jean-Clause Mas, 72, was taken into custody before dawn at his home in the south of France as part of ongoing investigations of fraud.