Every month, like clockwork, Renee Steiber got formula delivered to her home in the Chicago suburbs for her 11-year-old son, Owen. He has a feeding tube and needs a specialized formula, Neocate Jr., due to a rare disease that makes him severely allergic to a variety of foods.
With guns front and center in the news, I wanted to share what I have learned over the years about what bullets do to the human body and the challenge it is for surgeons to repair the damage.
Prescription cannabis drugs with a higher ratio of THC, the main psychoactive ingredient, may offer small to moderate amounts of pain relief for people with chronic pain, but there are some worrisome side effects, new research finds.
Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration decided Tuesday that authorizing Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in adults would be beneficial, bringing it one step closer to being administered across the country.
A shortage of a key component for some crucial imaging tests such as CT scans is leading to rationing within hospitals, patient backlogs and doctors across the United States making do with less-than-ideal alternatives across the United States.
A weekly dose of a medication recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes may help adults without diabetes lose weight as well, a new study found.
While not all bacteria are harmful, those that are -- like salmonella -- can spread from sponges to your hands and kitchen surfaces, according to a new study. Those bacteria can make people sick. Another option is more hygienic.
After more than a year with two types of Covid-19 vaccines in use in the United States, another will be up for consideration by the US Food and Drug Administration next week.
Parents and caregivers continue to feel the pain of store shelves that are cleaned out of baby formula, and many are turning to hospitals and community organizations for help.
About a year ago or so, I was hanging out at my favorite haunt in New York. I'm such a regular that the staff kept my favorite soda, which is often very difficult to find in a can, on hand for me. (Seriously, there are pictures of me drinking it online.)
As a therapist who works with tweens, teens and young adults, I aim to help them understand that love is an essential ingredient for a healthy intimate partner relationship. But so are things such as relational safety, empathy, trust and, most importantly, mutual respect. Healthy relationships grow from a seed of mutual respect.
Specialty formula production restarted Saturday at the Abbott plant in Sturgis, Michigan, that has been at the center of a recall and a factor in a nationwide formula shortage.
As the number of monkeypox cases climbs amid an ongoing global outbreak, US health officials said Friday that they are ramping up testing and contact tracing and expanding access to vaccines and treatments.
Iconic television and movie producer Norman Lear is approaching his 100th birthday. Does his personal prescription for a long, productive work life translate to all of us?
There's a crisis in teen mental health, according to the CDC. These findings leave experts wondering whether the pandemic drove an increase in diagnosable mental health disorders in teenagers or if Covid-19 exacerbated the symptoms among teens.
