The study leaders from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and McMaster University concluded that...

Obesity has been a major global health issue in recent decades as more people eat unhealthy diets and fail to exercise...

Patients who have surgery to repair bone fractures typically receive a type of injectable blood thinner,...

Researchers linked meteorological history in New York State with data from over 1.1 million emergency room visits during...

Use of an older class of type 2 diabetes drugs called glitazones, also known as thiazolidinediones or TZDs for short, is...

Menthol produces a cooling effect that makes it easier and more feasible to smoke. Due to this tobacco makers have been...

This increasing struggle with antibiotic resistance has fused with a similarly increasing aging population, which now...

Peripheral artery disease or PAD is the condition of developing narrowed or clogged arteries in the legs. For people who...

The body needs insulin to regulate blood sugar, but insulin is only made by a select type of cells in the pancreas...

Electronic gaming can precipitate life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children whose predisposition may...

A number of studies have suggested that eating a healthy diet may reduce a person's risk of dementia, but a new study...

A review paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has pointed to the potential drug-drug...