MEDICINE

Only a few women who suffer from nausea and vomiting during their pregnancy discuss this and seek proper treatment. This fact was proved through an online survey conducted by the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH).Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy (NVP), commonly known as morning sickness, troubles approximately 70 to 85 percent of pregnant women. But only 40 percent of the patients reported NVP complaints in the last 12 months, a recent national s...

Giving iPads to doctors-in-training helped them be more efficient at ordering tests and procedures for their patients in a new study from one university program.

In the search for an explanation of why a U.S. soldier left his base in Afghanistan at night and killed 16 civilians in their homes, some experts have raised the possibility that mental illness or a brain injury played a role in the massacre.

Using smartphones is cheaper and more effective than using paper surveys to monitor diseases in the developing world, according to a new study by Kenyan researchers with the Centers for Disease Control.

In a year where the nation's reproductive health debate was iconically symbolized by the U.S. Congress all-male contraception panel, female lawmakers are shooting back with their own proposals.

Chemotherapy - a grueling treatment of cancer-busting chemicals - could become less toxic for patients based on new research into how cells shuttle the drugs inside.

Scientists, stymied for decades by the complexity of the human immunodeficiency virus, are making progress on several fronts in the search for a cure for HIV infections, a leading medical research conference was told this week in Seattle.

The privately held Sientra Inc. on Friday joined the publicly traded Allergan Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (Mentor Worldwide LLC) as the only three companies to have won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals to market controversial silicone gel-filled breast implants.

Researchers at the University of Michigan are planning a study to find out the long-term health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of newborn screening. The study will be based on three deadly diseases -Krabbe disease, Pompe disease and Phenylketonuria (PKU).

The HIV rate of black women living in some U.S. cities is as high as the rate in some African countries, according to a new study

Jessica Simpson paraded her pregnant and naked body on the April cover of fashion magazine Elle for all the world to see her growing baby bump. However, health experts have questioned her pregnancy diet and her significant weight gain.

On Friday, President Barack Obama appointed Todd Park, a 39-year-old former entrepreneur and founder of Athenahealth, to be the new U.S. Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Park takes over for Aneesh Chopra, the first U.S. CTO, who resigned in February.

LSD helps treat alcoholism, according to two Norwegian researchers, who said they were surprised that the mind-altering drug hasn't been taken seriously to combat the disease.

Scientists have found a way to trick the immune system into accepting organs from a mismatched, unrelated organ donor, a finding that could help patients avoid a lifetime of drugs to prevent rejection of the donated organ.

The Centers for Disease Control today is launching Take Charge. Take The Test., an HIV testing and awareness campaign specifically targeted to African-American women.

Taking a break to walk every 20 minutes instead of staying seated for hours helps reduce the body's levels of glucose and insulin after eating, according to a study -- the latest to highlight the hazards of long periods of inactivity.

Twenty-three-year-old Adam Spencer of Oregon was happily travelling through South America with his new fiancé, Shalynn Pack, when a scab appeared on his face. What Spencer didn't realize was that this scab wasn't a normal wound, but instead a horrifying flesh-eating parasite.

Contrary to popular belief, electronic medical records may increase healthcare costs, according to a new study.

Patients who have robot-assisted surgeries on their kidneys or prostate have shorter hospital stays and a lower risk of having a blood transfusion or dying -- but the bill is significantly higher, a study found.

The euro zone is out of the emergency ward, but it may face a chronic debilitating illness rather than a rapid convalescence.

How much drinking kids and teens had seen in recent movies was linked to the chances they overdid it on alcohol themselves in a new study from six European countries.