For the first time in the history of medicine, doctors at Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital in Houston live-tweeted their actions as they performed a double-coronary artery bypass on a 57-year-old male patient.
Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, will fly to Cuba this Friday in preparation for the surgery he will undergo next week. Chavez has a recurring growth in his pelvic region. He was operated on in the same area last year in June when he was diagnosed with cancer.
On her 18th birthday, Brittani Niccole did not get a diamond bracelet from her father or even a new car. She got breast implants. Brittani Niccole, whose father Michael Niccole is a plastic surgeon, performed his own daughter's breast enhancement procedure for her 18th birthday.
A new treatment given to 132 skin cancer patients in the U.S. and Australia almost doubled their survival, according to New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers used the drug Vemurafenib (Zelboraf) on patients and found that they lived for average 16 months as compared to those who underwent conventional treatment and survived for only nine months on average.
Sen. Scott Brown and his likely Democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren released radio ads Thursday on their position about insurance plans that cover contraception.
There is an old adage: Even in the warmest of hearts, there’s a cold spot for the Jews.
Experimental obesity drug Qnexa won the backing of U.S. health advisors on Wednesday, raising hopes for approval of the first prescription weight-loss pill in 13 years.
Experimental obesity drug Qnexa won the backing of U.S. health advisors on Wednesday, raising hopes for approval of the first prescription weight-loss pill in 13 years.
Kate Walsh leaves very little to the imagination with her Shape magazine March cover photo. The 44-year-old actress posed nude for the cover, with her bended legs and arms strategically placed.
Qnexa, a new weight loss drug produced by Vivus, received a nod of favored approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee on Wednesday. An official approval or rejection will be announced on April 17.
A new study has provided, for the first time, direct evidence showing that the medical procedure colonoscopy lowers the rate of cancer death by half.
A $35 computer launched last year in India as the world's cheapest tablet has run into problems and companies will be invited to bid again to make the device after complaints of poor performance and hiccups rolling out a pilot model.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will resolve a potentially life-threatening shortage of two leading cancer drugs by allowing one of them to be imported from abroad and rushing approval for a new manufacturer to make the second.
Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive William Weldon will step down from his post in April after a series of recalls called into question the quality of the healthcare giant's products, from artificial hips to infant Tylenol.
Inhibiting mitochondria fission reduced tumor size dramatically and may lead to a new cancer treatment in the future.
Kim and Khloe Kardashian may be facing a class action lawsuit over their endorsed diet product QuickTrim. The lawsuit is being filed by law firm, Bursor & Fisher, against Windmill and the claims made by the Kardashian's. An e-mail was sent to users of the diet product by the law firm. The e-mail stated The active ingredient in QuickTrim weight loss products is a large dose of caffeine...The FDA has determined that caffeine is not safe or effective for weight loss.
The Food and Drug Administration is addressing the shortage of critical cancer medications by importing one drug from abroad and rushing the approval of another.
Researchers at Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute carried out an experiment on mice, in which a chemotherapy drug called gemcitabine was combined with an experimental drug called MRK003 resulting in a chain of events that ultimately killed the cancer cells.
Rotary clubs will once again illuminate landmarks and iconic structures around the world in view of the group's pledge to 'End Polio Now'.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has stridently opposed abortions and criticized President Obama's health care in his campaign events. On Sunday, in an event at Ohio, he said the Obama law which requires health insurance companies to cover certain prenatal tests used to identify abnormalities in the fetus, will encourage abortions.
Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
India's economy, a paragon of development, has more than tripled over the past 20 years, fueling a growing middle class that has helped turn the world's largest democracy into an engine of the world economy and raised millions out of poverty. It is behind only China, in terms of population. But there is one shocking statistic India's economic miracle has not been able to improve: the number of children that are severely malnourished.
