MEDICINE

A quarter of people suffering from diabetes could be at risk of amputation as they have not received a foot check in the last year, a leading charity has warned.

As the daughter-in-law of cosmetics heavyweight Estée Lauder, Evelyn Lauder chose to dedicate much of her life to breast cancer awareness.

California-based distributors of medical marijuana have been ordered to shut down operations by Saturday. The move is part of a federal crackdown after weeks of conflict between prosecutors and distributors.

Patients suffering from Transient Ischemic Attack, commonly known as mini stroke, have 20 percent lower chances of surviving another nine years following the attack, a new report mentions.

'Contagion' is the label financial markets use for the economic spread of the Greek crisis. For hundreds of people in an increasingly chaotic society, the word has a deadlier meaning.

Europe's health is suffering, with around 80,000 cases of tuberculosis infection a year and serious problems with measles, HIV and threats from superbug infections, an annual health report on the region said Thursday.

A new study from the University of Michigan, has suggested that it may be possible for scientists to develop a device that measures blood sugar levels through tears instead of blood. If the Michigan study reaches ground reality, it could be a tearful adieu to the prick for diabetes checks.

Impoverished children with severe pneumonia fare better with in-home care than more common hospital referrals, according to a study released Thursday, a potential policy game-changer.

Heart doctors across the U.S. are closing up independent practices and migrating to large medical centers, forcing patients to travel farther and pay more for their care, because of reduction in Medicare slashed reimbursements, experts say.

Malaria-resistant people have mutated red blood cells that resist the parasite's ability to steal that necessary cellular scaffold, according to research published Thursday in the online edition of Science, uncovering a puzzle years in the making.

Tropical bacteria produces a previously-unknown toxin that shuts down its hosts years, sometimes decades, later, researchers found.

When obese people lose weight with behavioral therapy, their family members may get a bit trimmer as well, a new study suggests.

Reducing salt in the diets of the general population may not have an overall positive health impact, according to a review of more than 160 scientific studies published Wednesday.

Wedbush Securities said Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s (NASDAQ: LXRX) phase 2a LX2931 for rheumatoid arthritis data presented at ACR confirm safety and support testing of higher doses.

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that autistic children had 67 percent more neurons in the prefrontal cortex and heavier brains compared to typical children.

Nearly half of neurosurgeons surveyed admitted to performing at least one wrong-site surgery in their career, according to study.

The conflict between California's legalization of marijuana and a federal crackdown intensified this week, as lawyers acting on behalf of dispensaries and medical marijuana patients sought to halt government enforcement they said was unconstitutional.

The United States set a new direction for its global AIDS campaign on Tuesday, emphasizing HIV-fighting drugs that can prevent new infections to bring the goal of an AIDS-free generation within reach.

Mississippi voters rejected a ballot initiative Tuesday to declare that a human life begins at conception. The measure would have effectively banned abortions in the state and legally challenged abortion rights nationwide as it conflicts with the Supreme Court 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortions.

A recombinant poxviral vaccine, PANVAC, under study has shown to produce positive results in patients suffering from ovarian and breast cancer with limited tumour burden and minimal prior chemotherapy, a recent research reveals.

Police said Julio Cesar Marquez's death was a result of multiple gunshot wounds and blunt-force trauma. His body was found on the 10700 block of northeast Halsey Street.