Health

[ad_1] A human embryonic stem cell line derived from Stanford University is illustrated in this photo distributed to Reuters by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine on March 9, 2009. (Reuters) As …

[ad_1] The flu season is approaching again and public health officials are recommending that people six months of age or older get vaccinated to reduce the risk of illness, hospitalization, work or …

[ad_1] In 1960, 15-year-old Joan Levin took a test that turned out to be the largest survey ever of American teenagers. It took two and a half days to administer and 440,000 …

[ad_1] Zika's fears collapsed last year. New cases of the disease in the Americas for nearly two years and hundreds of thousands of infected people are extremely rare these days. However, that …

[ad_1] This 19 November 2013 archive photo shows a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logo at the agency's federal headquarters in Atlanta.(Photo: David Goldman, AP) According to a study by the …

[ad_1] Ancel and Margaret Keys, an American team of husband and wife, were the first to report the benefits of the Mediterranean diet in 1975. Since then, food has become particularly famous …

[ad_1] The annual walk in northwestern Indiana for Alzheimer's disease will be held Sunday at Crown Point, where the Alzheimer's Association aims to raise funds to help families coping with the disease. …

[ad_1] One study showed that abandoning junk food could have the same withdrawal effects as dropping medication. People who give up hamburgers experience the same sadness, fatigue and depression as addicts when …

[ad_1] The death of a 62-year-old Bergen County man was caused by West Nile virus, the first fatal case confirmed this year in New Jersey as a result of a mosquito-borne disease …

[ad_1] The NHS has won a legal battle against the pharmaceutical industry, which will lead patients with the most common form of blindness to receive a much cheaper but still highly effective …