MEDICINE

Strokes in children, teens, and young adults are rising at a disturbing speed in the U.S. as per a new study.

Five patients treated for eye disease were blinded after being injected with Roche Holding AG's Avastin at the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, The New York Times reports.

Rescuers and firefighters, who were exposed to the dust of the collapsed World Trade Center on 9/11, are vulnerable to cancer and other respiratory illnesses, says a report.

A new study has found out that there is a link between 9/11 firefighters and increased risk of cancer.

The link between cancer and 9/11 first-responders has been confirmed in a new study. According to British medical journal The Lancet, firefighters who worked in the rubble of the World Trade towers are 19 percent more likely to develop cancer than those who didn't.

New findings from an analysis of 30,000-year-old bacteria show that antibiotic resistance is nothing new, rather a widespread natural phenomenon that somehow preceded the breakthroughs of modern medicine.

U.S. Tennis star Venus Williams withdrew Wednesday from the U.S. Open after recently being diagnosed with an energy-draining autoimmune disease called Sjogren's syndrome.

Japanese scientists have discovered that both a little bit of solution containing urea and gene replacement can treat a rare, fatal childhood disease and may make mouse embryos transparent in at least two weeks.

A new study on insomnia and workplace productivity has again exposed the yawning gap between those who fall asleep easily and those who do not.

Half of the U.S. population age two or older indulges in sugary drinks on any given day, new research finds.

Venus Williams was forced to withdraw from the U.S. Open on Wednesday after being diagnosed with Sj?gren's syndrome, leaving fans wondering: what is that, and is it serious? Here are five things you should know about the condition.

Antibiotic resistance is a problem that dates back 30,000 years according to a recent discovery.

Subsequent to two days of debates and testimonials, Food and Drug Administration said that silicone breast implants are safe.

Silicone-gel breast implants are safe and effective, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

A study published in Nature, has rocked the very basis of our knowledge of antibiotic resistance by providing adequate substantiation for proving that antibiotic resistance is a natural phenomenon. The study has revealed that antibiotic resistance existed in microbes predating antibiotic discovery by man.

The United States could be worse than 40 other countries when it comes to infant mortality.

Researchers have engineered a virus that attacks cancer cells when injected into patients, a form of treatment that could kill tumors without harming healthy cells.

Scientists have long known that parents heavily influence their offspring, including their levels of and vulnerability to stress.

After uncovering evidence that American doctors infected unknowing Guatemalans with STD's in the 1940s, a federal panel concluded the U.S. should create a system to compensate people who are harmed during the course of scientific research.

The United States could be worse than 40 other countries when it comes to infant mortality. New research done by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that babies under four weeks old account for 41 percent of child deaths worldwide.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked provisions of a Texas law that required doctors to describe sonogram images to patients before performing abortions, ruling that it violates the doctors' free speech.