A single question may help doctors determine whether a patient has a drug or alcohol problem and the level of abuse, a new study suggests. Keep it simple is the message from the study of nearly 300 people recruited from the Boston Medical ...
Truck drivers, cleaning-service employees and mechanics are among the most obese groups of workers, new research contends. Not far behind are health-service workers and administrative and clerical personnel, the study out of Washington ...
Sen. Ron Wyden plans to unveil a bill to encourage team-based care in the program for older and disabled Americans. In the meantime, Medicare readies to deliver payment data for individual doctors on a "case-by-case" basis. Modern ...
Patients with a single illness who take many drugs have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital, but for patients with multiple conditions, taking many medicines is now associated with a near-normal risk of admission. This is the ...
Doctors and parents have long struggled to understand the strange sensory tricks autism can play on a child's mind. Ordinary noises -- screeching car alarms, knocking radiator pipes, even the whirr of a fan -- can be intolerable to children ...
Tags: autism, neurodevelopmental disorder, children health, Mark Wallace
Packaging defects have prompted a recall of a combination cholesterol drug called Liptruzet, produced by Merck & Co., temporarily affecting the entire U.S. stock. Merck said the foil pouches holding Liptruzet pills could allow air and ...
Tags: recall, Liptruzet, Merck, packaging defects
Headquartered in a traditional courtyard in downtown Beijing, Tongrentang (TRT), a pharmaceutical giant with a history of more than 300 years, is increasing its international reach with its legacy products: traditional Chinese medicine ...
Tags: TCM Companies, Global Market
An experimental drug could eventually offer a new treatment option for genital herpes, a common and incurable sexually transmitted infection, researchers report. In a small study, researchers found that the drug -- called pritelivir -- ...
A new gene therapy that successfully treated a rare eye disease in clinical trials could prove the key to preventing more common inherited causes of blindness, researchers say. In six male patients, doctors used a virus to repair a ...
Up to half of women with postpartum depression -- a mood disorder that can occur after childbirth -- develop long-term depression, according to a new review. The findings show the need for doctors to closely monitor women with postpartum ...
Have you ever left a doctor's office feeling ashamed or guilty? Chances are one in two that you answered "yes," according to research from the University of California, San Diego. And what happened next? Perhaps you were motivated to make ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked doctors to stop prescribing painkillers that contain more than 325 milligrams of acetaminophen because of reports of severe liver damage. Prescription painkillers, which include Vicodin and ...
Frequent colds are a normal part of young children's lives, but sometimes a stuffy nose becomes a more severe lung infection. Now, a new study clarifies some of the factors that put certain kids at greater risk. The study, published ...
Tags: kids health, frequent colds, human rhinoviruses, common cold, risks
Teen boys who think they're too skinny are at increased risk for depression, and they're more likely to be bullied and use steroids, two new studies suggest. In one study, researchers analyzed data gathered from more than 2,100 boys who ...
Tags: Teen boys health, depression, skinny, body-image concerns
Nearly 40 percent of preschoolers with autism are getting some kind of complementary or alternative therapy for their condition, with nutritional supplements and special diets being the most common things parents try, a new study shows. ...
Tags: preschoolers health, autism, alternative therapy, nutritional supplements