An Instagram video starring the social network’s “hottest doctor” administering breast cancer exams in New York’s Central Park has reached over 220,000 views after being posted on Monday.
Cancer deaths have been on pace to outnumber deaths from heart disease in the United States for some years now — but once again, in new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they didn’t.
With the number of Zika cases in Florida continuing to rise and public health officials predicting the number of locally transmitted cases in our country to reach the hundreds by fall, it is clear that now more than ever we need a concrete plan with proper funding to tackle this virus.
Many patients who have clogged arteries or survive a heart attack don't consistently take medications prescribed to prevent life-threatening complications, a study confirms.
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (AZN.L) has agreed to sell its small molecule antibiotics business to Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) in a deal that could be valued at more than $1.5 billion.
Consumption of soda and other sugary drinks fell by more than a fifth in low-income neighborhoods of Berkeley after the California city became the first in the U.S. to introduce a special tax last year, according to a study published Tuesday.
The use of power morcellators dramatically declined after federal warnings that the device could spread cancer, but the drop hasn’t caused an uptick in the rate of hysterectomy complications as some critics feared, according to research released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The percentage of U.S. mothers who breast-feed their newborns continues to rise, but many stop breast-feeding before their infant is 6 months old, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The U.S., which spends more on drugs than any other country, might contain costs by limiting market exclusivity for brand name medicines and changing coverage requirements for government health plans, some doctors argue.
Chile's health authorities on Tuesday issued an alert and said they were investigating reported problems with Chinese-made condoms distributed for free in family health centers nationwide.