MEDICINE

Alarmed by soaring rates of post-traumatic stress disorder amongst Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, researchers are pushing the federal government to allow them to conduct a study on using medical marijuana to treat psychological wounds.

A 3,000-foot-high wave of dust poured through the Phoenix area yesterday, coating cars, reducing visibility and delaying some flights.

A new research done by Australian scientists has shown that early signs of Alzheimer's can be detected by a simple eye test as well as falls. This study can prove to be a breakthrough in non-invasive method of Alzheimer's detection.

Lil Boosie on Thursday was charged in a second instance of smuggling drugs into Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

A 22-year-old Indiana man plans to sue after being rejected from a blood donation clinic for appearing to be gay.

A sense of optimism regarding research touting the benefits of preventative, early AIDS treatment permeated the annual International AIDS Society conference in Rome, even as members called for more equitable access to treatment.

Prominent HIV/AIDS researchers kicked off the annual International AIDS Society conference by hailing crucial breakthroughs in AIDS treatment, but tempered their enthusiasm with a call to more evenly distribute access to treatment.

Long after the hangover wears off, having too many drinks, or binge drinking, can damage still-developing teenager's working memory - the ability to perceive their environment or their surroundings, according to a recent study published in the web version of the Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research journal.

A recent study, performed on mice, published in the July issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease found that grape seed polyphenols - a natural antioxidant - may help prevent the development or delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

The main stage collapsed at Ottawa's Bluesfest Sunday during a Cheap Trick performance after a severe thunderstorm struck the area. It was not raining at the time.

Older people whose brain scans detected signs of brain amyloid but were otherwise healthy had a doubled risk of falling as people without brain amyloid, said a study at the Alzheimer's Association's annual International Conference in Paris Sunday. Brain amyloid foreshadows Alzheimier's disease.

Emergency rooms have been seeing a whole new kind of addict lately. Abusers of bath salts become agitated, violent, and psychotic and require, as one might expect, a whole new kind of care.

Bath salts, laced with a dangerous chemical, are becoming the latest drug threat according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

A new breed of bath salts is still legal in 22 US states, according to New York Times. They've only been banned recently in some of the 28 states that deem it illegal.

She has lost weight even before her wedding. But that is not uncommon for a bride. It is only after her honeymoon that she looks like she has lost weight considerably.

The onset was a single monkey coming down with pneumonia at the California National Primate Research Center in Davis. In a matter of weeks, 19 monkeys were dead and three human beings were sick.

Drchrono now provides a digital health records system that doctors can use on the iPad. Doctors can now effortlessly manage medical records and communicate with patients through the system.

MacMillan stated that only ten years ago, only about one-third of the population was destined to develop cancer.

Specifically, there is a “genetic switch” that prompts people to eat unhealthy foods.

The United Nations has reported that measles outbreaks in Ethiopia and Kenya have killed dozens of children and sickened thousands of others. Measles are spread through contact with droplets from the nose, mouth, or throat of an infected person and symptoms include bloodshot eyes, cough, fever, light sensitivity, muscle pain, and rash.

Measles, a highly contagious and serious disease, still wreaks havoc on Africa due to poverty and ignorance. A United Nations spokesperson said on Friday that 17,584 people have contracted this disease and 114 have died from it in Ethiopia, reported CBS.