Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a neurological condition that can make simple things like sound or touch become overwhelming. Young children can learn coping strategies in sensory gyms, but what about teens living with the condition?
A simple blood test that can diagnose an infection as bacterial or viral may improve care and address antibiotic overuse, say Stanford University School of Medicine researchers.
Americans’ favorite sunscreens may be offering them inadequate protection—and they may also be shelling out too much for the products, a study of Amazon’s top-selling sunblock suggests.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Traffic deaths have been going down, but a new study shows they are still a bigger problem in the United States than in other affluent countries.
Federal court officials say an Alabama seafood company has agreed to stop processing fish after complaints were raised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
A federal appeals court upheld jail sentences Wednesday for two egg industry executives whose Iowa-based company caused a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010.
A culture of secrecy and a broken system that values doctors’ worth over patients’ well-being has allowed thousands of medical professionals who have sexually assaulted their patients to continue practicing medicine, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) has found.
A pair of Russian twins who were born joined at the midriff and sharing a single liver have been successfully separated after a 10-hour surgery that involved 20 surgeons.
Drug company giant Pfizer is expected to announce Wednesday that it has agreed to a written code of conduct for the marketing of opioids that will disclose the risks of addiction and long-term use.
In school cafeterias with vinyl banners depicting vegetable superhero characters, more young children take vegetables from the salad bar, according to a new study.
A neurological condition linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus could be targeted globally with existing national programs for detecting polio, a paper co-authored by World Health Organization researchers said on Tuesday.
The U.S. government spends billions of dollars each year on subsidies to farmers, but consuming too much food made from those subsidized farm products can boost people's risk for heart disease, researchers say.
- Due to shortages of a radioactive substance used in exercise stress tests, more heart patients have needed complex invasive procedures, new research shows.
More children are falling victim to contagious diseases in Muslim-majority Malaysia, worrying health authorities as parents reject immunisation programmes for fear the vaccines used infringe strict religious rules.
