MEDICINE

Government officials are mounting a campaign ahead of the busy holidays to explain why some holiday travelers may be subjected to airport security pat-downs requiring officers to touch their breasts and genitals.

Researchers in the United States have developed a new biosensor from plasmonic nanohole arrays to detect dangerous viruses like Ebola and Marburg. The tool could be used in developing nations, airports and other places where natural or man-made outbreaks could erupt.

Using particles of gold, ultrasound and an infrared laser, scientists can now see into the body in m,ore detail than ever before.

Pfizer Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said they have halted a late-stage study of their experimental blood-thinner apixaban because of safety concerns.

A computer algorithm that matches kidneys to donors could help save lives.

Energy drink consumption is strongly associated with increased risks for heavy drinking and alcohol dependence, according to a new research. The research has come after the U.S. regulators are poised to ban the sale of caffeine-containing alcoholic drinks amid rising safety concerns.

Swiss pharma giant Roche said it plans to cut 4,800 jobs worldwide over the next two years due to mounting cost pressures in healthcare -particularly in the US and Europe - and increasing hurdles for the approval and pricing of new medicines.

Soldiers' Angels, a nonprofit working for war veterans, wanted to provide laptop computers and some hi-tech gadgets for 100 wounded veterans recovering at the Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San Antonio on Veterans Day but was running short of 13 of them as the day approached. When Gary Baber of Air Warrior Courage (AWC) Foundation heard about it, he soon stepped in to fill the gap with a grant to purchase the last 13 gadgets.

India's medical tourism gets financial aid as the Indian tourism ministry has sanctioned over 27,000 $ to 10 medical tourism service providers for the current year.

Five hundred million of a total of 1.4 billion smartphone users will be using mobile health applications in 2015, a report said. Both healthcare providers and consumers are embracing smartphones as a means for improving healthcare.

A team of U.K. scientists found evidence suggesting that the risk of childhood asthma associated with prenatal paracetamol exposure may depend on antioxidant genes in the mother.

A breakthrough skin lifting and tightening procedure known as ‘Ultherapy’ was demonstrated live on an audience member by Dr Mehmet Oz on his show on Friday.

Scientists have developed a device that can prevent several road accidents and save thousands of lives due to drivers falling asleep while driving.

One of the greatest challenges facing the developing world lies with their limited access to quality healthcare, a situation that threatens to jeopardize or undermine economic growth in these nations.

New research confirms that women plagued by morning sickness in early pregnancy are less likely to miscarry.

Americans die sooner than citizens of a dozen other developed nations and the usual suspects -- obesity, traffic accidents and a high murder rate -- are not to blame, researchers reported on Thursday.

A massive Arizona campaign to get bystanders to do hands-only CPR if they see someone collapse appears to have paid off, state officials said on Tuesday.

One in four high school students and adults ages 18 to 34 engaged in binge drinking in the past month, putting themselves and those around them at risk, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday.

Donors pledged over $11.5 billion on Tuesday to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis over the next three years but the head of the fund waging the battle said it was not enough to protect millions of people at risk.

A report from the institute calls for an overhaul in the responsibility and training of nurses and says doing so is key to improving the fragmented and expensive U.S. healthcare system -- President Barack Obama's signature political initiative.

Mentally ill individuals who go through a specialized court system instead of the criminal justice system are less likely to be arrested again, new research hints.