Winning the war against ancient diseases

Many marijuana users hide their stash in their closets. Most people who use marijuana are parents. There are almost as many marijuana users as there are cigarette smokers in the U.S.. Those facts and many more are among the conclusions of new survey …

Answering the age-old question of why you can’t have just one chip, a new study shows that salty snacks don’t make you thirsty at all.

(CNN) – Finding ways to fight the flu just got a tad more ribbeting — that is, if you ask some researchers who have turned their attention to frogs.

Medicare has long been criticized for its narrow restrictions on the coverage and reimbursement of telehealth services. A new report to Congress by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows that not much has changed over the years.

An estimated 8.3 million American adults – about 3.4 percent of the U.S. population – suffer from serious psychological distress, an evaluation of federal health data concluded.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Medical experts say measles is one of the most contagious diseases, spreading through the air from a cough or a sneeze.

TORONTO, Canada -. Taking antidepressants during pregnancy doesn’t appear to raise a child’s risk of autism, once other factors that could influence the risk are taken into account, two new studies suggest.

A new study by the Leapfrog Group awarded a letter grade to 112 hospitals in Ohio. See how Westlake’s St. John Medical Center did.

Puerto Rico may be underreporting or downplaying the numbers of babies born in the territory with Zika-related birth defects, Stat reported today, citing an unnamed former US health official.

We’re told that having an exercise buddy encourages us to work out. Now, a new study shows that exercise is socially contagious – and that your Facebook and Twitter friends may be all the buddies you need to keep active.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a device on Tuesday meant to treat cluster headaches – a rare form of headache that affects mostly men.

TUESDAY, April 18, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Conflicting guidelines on statin use could leave about 9 million Americans unsure about treatment, a new study suggests.

Penn State has received a $7.7 million grant to establish the Center for Healthy Children, the first national center for child maltreatment research and training.

WASHINGTON, DC – Current use of azithromycin (Zithromax/Zmax, Pfizer) was linked with a twofold increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia compared with no antibiotic use, but this risk disappeared when azithromycin use was compared with amoxicillin use …