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Scientists create artificial ovary for women left unable to have children

Female cancer patients often find that chemotherapy or radiation can save their lives, but side effects such as infertility may rob them of their dreams of be...

Yet ANOTHER Study Suggests Daily Coffee Could Help You Live Longer

The study of nearly half-a-million British adults found that coffee drinkers have a lower risk of death over 10 years than those who don't drink it. A cup o...

56 people sick with parasite in Texas outbreak

The parasite is an internal illness, which people contract after consuming contaminated food or water. However, the infection typically isn't spread directly fr...

Temperatures to peak close to 100 degrees in NYC

Another major warm-up is on the way for the central U.S. Widespread unsafe heat is expected from the Plains to the Midwest and Northeast on the Fourth of July ...

Drinking coffee could lower risk of death, study finds

A new study adds to growing evidence that drinking coffee may help you live longer. For the study, the researchers collected data on more than 500,000 p...

Terrifying moment woman feeding sharks is pulled into water

Melissa Brunning, 34, was with friends when she stood at the stern of a yacht where she was feeding fish to a group of tawny nurse sharks, according to CNN . T...

Most consumers wash hands incorrectly, USDA study finds

Almost half of the subjects preparing burgers contaminated spice containers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's important t...

New study links air pollution to increased risk of diabetes globally

Researchers say that air pollution can drastically increase a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes . The researchers also found that the overall risk ...

GE to spin off healthcare unit, divest Baker Hughes stake

The announcement comes one day after GE said it would sell its Distributed Power business , which includes the company's Jenbacher and Waukesha engines, to glo...

Nearly everyone is washing their hands wrong before eating, health officials say

The observational study, conducted in partnership with nonprofit firm RTI International and North Carolina State University, involved placing 383 participants i...

CDC: Most Americans don't meet fitness guidelines - here's how to

At least 13 states had a percentage of adults meeting physical guidelines far below the national average. Based on some new data collected by CDC's National...

Golden age is 105 if you want to live longer, study suggests

For humankind in general, these findings hint at an intriguing, if largely theoretical, prospect: that the maximum possible human lifespan - essentially, the ...

Jahi McMath Dies 5 Years After Being Declared Brain Dead

Jahi "is a living, severely disabled young lady, who now fulfills neither the standard diagnostic guidelines for brain death nor California's statutory definiti...

Americans aren't getting enough exercise 3:25 p.m.

Health experts recommend that adults "between the ages of 18 and 64" should get at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise,...

‘Blood on his hands’: #Resistance rushes to blame Trump for Annapolis attack

Kennedy's retirement will have President Trump and Senate Republicans racing to name and confirm a replacement before the November elections, when there's an ...

New Drug Could Save Many New Mothers' Lives

The drug , called as "heat stable" carbetocin , is now believed to stop the fatal bleeding that occurs after a woman gives birth and can possibly be administe...

Could seeing the same doctor help you live longer?

The study appeared in the journal BMJ Open . These took place in a total of nine different countries, ranging from the United States to England, South Korea an...

West Nile confirmed in Bay County

A human case of West Nile has been confirmed in Bay County. The best way to avoid being infected with West Nile virus is to protect from mosquito bites, offic...

Midlife fitness may boost your heart health

Among the findings, participants with high fitness were 56 per cent less likely to eventually die from heart disease following a depression diagnosis. The Cente...

FDA Gives Go-Ahead to First Marijuana Derived Drug

Imagine being a parent with a child who has hundreds of uncontrollable seizures each week. Most patients with LGS and Dravet syndrome require multiple seizure...

Coli in Deadly Romaine Lettuce Outbreak Finally Found

Coli outbreak earlier this year. Good news, salad eaters, you can eat romaine lettuce without fear now. The recent, nationwide E. coli outbreak tied to r...

Mosquitoes with West Nile virus found in Springfield

The City of Milwaukee Health Department on Friday, June 29 confirmed that mosquito surveillance in the county has indicated the presence of West Nile virus . M...

Woman has 50-pound cyst removed after months of unexplained health issues

She had even been asked if she was carrying twins, the hospital said. They would also volunteer to load groceries for her. "I remember telling my mom I knew the...

FDA Approves First Cannabis-Based Drug for Kids & Adults

GW Pharmaceuticals makes the drug in the United Kingdom from cannabis plants that are specially bred to contain high levels of CBD . Gottlieb made it clea...

Seven Nebraskans, including one doctor, charged in national health care fraud takedown

Numerous allegations centered on illegitimate opioid prescriptions. One of those arrested in Nebraska is a doctor, according to the press release. "Some of ...

UI Stead Family Children's Hospital ranks among 2018-19 Best Children's Hospitals

As a Children's Miracle Network hospital, it's considered one of the top children's hospitals in the country. "But we remain driven to do more, to be better, an...

Amazon acquires PillPack online pharmacy, upending drug delivery business

TJ Parker, PillPack's co-founder and chief executive, said: "Together with Amazon, we are eager to continue working with partners across the healthcare indust...

MA reports 1st West Nile virus positive mosquito

Elsewhere in the Coachella Valley, mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus were detected recently in Palm Desert and Indian Wells, prompting increased t...

Six months in, province celebrates uptake for free HIV prevention drugs

In fact, approximately half of those with HIV achieved viral suppression through lifesaving medications. If a participant tests positive for HIV or another STBB...

Sea lice invade Pensacola beaches

Those affected experience an itchy, irritated rash - often with bumps and welts. Lifeguards in the panhandle issued a warning on Tuesday about the marine life. ...