Health

[ad_1] (The Conversation is an independent, non-profit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Our society seems to have recognized that weight gain is an inevitable consequence of growing up …

[ad_1] Erin Boelhowe holding Scottie baby. It's the moment of emotion that a woman who suffered six miscarriages burst into tears after her mother, the best friend, gave birth to her baby. …

[ad_1] Aid workers are struggling to appease community fears in the conflict-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where 125 people have died of the Ebola virus and cases of the virus …

[ad_1] A rapidly evolving "polio-like" disease leaves children in many states paralyzed – and experts do not really know what's causing the disease. The rare disease, called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), causes …

[ad_1] By 2018, breast cancer will be the most common newly diagnosed cancer in the United States, with 286,670 new cases, outpacing lung cancer (in both men and women) by more than …

[ad_1] Is the diagnosis of cancer by SMS the next? New research shows that women with breast cancer are increasingly likely to be diagnosed by phone rather than a face-to-face conversation with …

[ad_1] WALTERBORO, S.C. – A community in South Carolina has survived a cancer survivor who said he was told to cover his face while at a store in Walterboro. Kirby Evans, who's …

[ad_1] Peu importe où vit une famille, accueillir un bébé dans le monde peut être une occasion joyeuse – mais la façon dont une femme accouche a une naissance très différente de …

[ad_1] BOSTON – While there have been 80-lab-confirmed flu boxes in the Commonwealth since September, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health says today, Oct. 12, marks the start of the state's monitoring …

[ad_1] Early detection and prevention can reduce the risk of breast cancer in women, say experts. According to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, more than 41,000 women still die each year from …