MEDICINE

The drug Zelboraf has been approved to treat late-stage melanoma patients who have mutated BRAF proteins.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, discovered that oxygen may have been laying low in undersea "oxygen oases" before making contact with the atmosphere.

Zachery Tims, founder of the megachurch New Destiny Christian Center, is dead and police believe it may be because of a drug overdose.

Music therapy might help lower anxiety and improve mood in people with cancer, say researchers who analyzed past studies.

Marine wanted to donate his organs to members of the military

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, have developed what could be a groundbreaking drug that seems effective at curing nearly any viral infection to include the common cold, influenza and other such illnesses.

Not only can vampire bats locate hotspots or blood vessels in their prey using infrared vein sensors on their lips, which was revealed in a study earlier this month, the blood-sucking bats may also be carrying rabies virus, as U.S. health officials confirmed Friday the first death in the country from rabies carried by the animals.

In 2009, Charla Nash, 57, was mauled by a friend's 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn., and lost her eyelids, nose, lips and hands in the incident. Nash, who was unable to see, smell and speak properly, recently underwent a 20-hour face transplant surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass.

New findings by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Children's Hospital Boston have shown the presence of a type of "good" fat or "brown" fat that might be able to combat the obesity and diabetes epidemics. Researchers foresee this new revelation as a tool to combat childhood obesity.

The days when a mesh of wires and electrodes used to monitor patients are passé, as a group of researchers have designed a hair-thin wireless electronic film which can be patched on the skin directly for monitoring purposes.

The face transplant from the chimp attack is a success so far.

Temporary tattoos don't just look cool: A special one could end up saving your life by monitoring your vital signs. An international team of researchers has designed an ultra-thin electronic device that attaches to the skin like a temporary tattoo and measures heart rate and other vital signs. This device, which has the thickness of a human hair, works without the bulky electrodes used in current hospital monitoring, according to a new study in the Aug. 11 issue of the journal Science.

Charla Nash, 57, a Connecticut woman, Thursday revealed her new face after being mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009. Brigham and Women?s Hospital, where Nash underwent a historic 20-hour face transplant in May, released the first post-surgery photograph of Charla Nash, this morning and a statement by her.

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have made strides in treating leukemia patients with a new technique that engineers blood cells to attack the cancer, according to studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational Medicine.

Music therapy can improve mood and quality of life among cancer patients.

Boy or Girl? New technology can tell pregnant women whether they're having a boy or girl as early as seven weeks into a pregnancy, according to a study in the Wednesday issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.

More and more people over 65 are opting for cosmetic surgery

Researchers find that dialysis does not help blacks.

The National Football League (NFL) expects to have its new human growth hormone (HGH) testing program in operation by the first game of the season, a key league official said on Tuesday.

A new study scientists at the University of Miami has overturned the popularly held belief that Soy pills are an alternative for estrogen therapy during menopause.

An 83-year old Orange County Woman recently had her breasts done