For patients with a positive fecal immunochemical test, the risk for colorectal cancer increases if diagnostic colonoscopy is delayed beyond 6 months, according to new research....
Asian-Americans are healthier than other U.S. adults. So say federal health officials who added that, compared to other Americans, most Asian-Americans are less likely to report...
For more than 80 years doctors have believed that stomach acid backing up through the esophagus causes the damage to the lining of the esophagus in...
The Health Ministry in Panama confirmed Wednesday that four babies born with microcephaly — a condition that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads...
Tremendous advances are being made in the field of medicine, especially when it comes to surgery, with the help of robotics. Using various combinations of cutting-edge...
Long-term exposure to environmental pollutants is associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of cancer, a new study warns. This study in an elderly Hong Kong population...
For women who have undergone mastectomy for breast cancer, breast reconstruction using the abdominal “DIEP flap” provides good long-term quality of life (QOL)—similar to that of...
Foster Poultry Farms of Farmerville, Louisiana is recalling approximately 220,450 pounds of fully-cooked frozen chicken breast nuggets that may be contaminated with pieces of plastic and...
Rosacea, the facial redness affecting millions of Americans, may be linked to a higher risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. However, the study authors...
LONDON — The model in the Gucci ad is young and waiflike, her frail body draped in a geometric-pattern dress as she leans back in front...