Threshold Choir members center themselves before visiting a patient at the Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center in Arlington, Va.Salwan Georges/ Washington Post These women are part of the Threshold Choir, a…
In its first draft guidelines on fat intake, the U.N. health agency said to avoid piling on the pounds, both adults and children should ensure that no more than 10…
A 2013 photo shows Jeanne Erdmann with her mother, Florence Greco, at age 98.Angie Zumwalt via Washington Post My mom’s death was perfect, and hospice helped. But her dementia made…
A woman’s ovarian mucinous tumor had ballooned to 132 pounds and stretched three feet across.Courtesy of Danbury Hospital, Western Connecticut Health Network By the time oncologist Vaagn Andikyan examined the…
The 25-year-old non-opioid pain drug gabapentin is one of the most prescribed medications in the U.S., ranking ninth over 2017, according to prescription tracker GoodRx. Researchers attribute the recent surge…
Associated Press file “I see a lot more attention on pretty smiles,” says Clifton Carey, a chemist at the University of Colorado’s School of Dental Medicine. Tooth whitening, in particular,…
Clockwise from top left: The deer tick, which transmits Lyme disease; the American dog tick, which transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia; the Culex pipiens mosquito, which transmits West…
Stephanie Richurk, a nurse at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, sorts blood samples collected from participants in the “All of Us” research program in Pittsburgh. The National Institutes of…
Dr. Aimee Summers organizes the blood sample collection containers with Kenyan lab technicians at the International Rescue Committee medical clinic in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. Researchers created a device about…
New tool allows Durango surgeons to improve lens selection
Megan Krail helps a 4-year-old boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder practice trick-or-treating at The University of Texas at Dallas’ Callier Center for Communication Disorders preschool class in Dallas. According to…
The CEO of a methadone clinic holds a 35 mg liquid dose of methadone in Rossville, Ga. The drug is the oldest and most effective of approved medications used to…
Additional oversight attempts will identify older systems
Carly Kudzia, 7, with her mother, Heather Unsinger, in Whitehouse, Ohio. Carly participated in a study suggesting that the drug lonafarnib may extend life for children with progeria, a rare,…
This image provided by GlaxoSmithKline shows the company’s Shingrix vaccineGlaxoSmithKline via AP “I’m healthy; I’ll get that when I’m older” is what adult patients often tell Michael Munger when he…
About 14 percent of U.S. adults have dry eye, which causes pain and vision problems. It’s more common in women and with age, and is related to inflammation. Omega-3 fatty…
Researchers found that melanoma patients who are married tend to be diagnosed at an earlier more treatable stage than patients who are unmarried, widowed or divorced.Associated Press file Spouses may…
GW Pharmaceuticals’ Epidiolex, a medicine made from the marijuana plant but without THC. On Thursday, a panel of Food and Drug Administration health advisers recommended approval of the drug, moving…
Specialized space will be used for research and training
An arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet. Health data firm IQVIA’s Institute for Human Data Science released a report Thursday showing an 8.9 percent average…
Drs. David Nasralla and Annemarie Weissenbacher with the company’s metra device hold a liver in Oxford, England. On Wednesday, April 18, British researchers said that keeping at least some transplant…
It’s important to understand that a food intolerance is different than a food allergy. If you are experiencing stomach discomfort, joint pain or migraines, then you are likely experiencing a…
Research released on Monday, April 16, 2018 suggests that many more lung cancer patients may benefit from treatments that boost the immune system, which have scored some of their biggest…
Fatal drug overdoses are increasing organ donations, and researchers reported Monday that people who receive those transplants generally fare as well as patients given organs from more traditional donors.Associated Press…
A woman holds the prescribed medical marijuana product used to treat her daughter’s epilepsy after making a purchase at a medical marijuana dispensary in Butler, Pa. Two new studies suggest…
A large international study says adults should average no more than one alcoholic drink per day, and that means many countries’ alcohol consumption guidelines may be far too loose.Assoicated Press…
A digitally-colorized electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the Zika virus, in red, about 40 nanometers in diameter. A study released Wednesday,…
A section of a preserved human brain on display at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo, in Buffalo, N.Y. A study released April 10, offers more evidence…
A doctor holds the medication Zyban in Kansas City, Kan. According to industry-funded research mandated by U.S. and European regulators and released April 9, Chantix and Zyban, two heavily promoted…
In the past decade or so, numerous studies have shown that self-compassion is important for mental and emotional health and well-being. Newer research is also finding that self-compassion plays a…
