Health and Medicine

The antiretroviral drug PrEP that can reliably cut the risk of contracting HIV has seen a rapid rise in popularity over the last few years, but condom use has also gone down.

The long list includes a Haitian immigrant who has helped save infants from a deadly disease.

We need to flat-out socialize the development of new antibiotics, and increasingly regulate the use of existing ones.

The infrastructures put in place to mass-treat disease don't always correlate to a positive e ffect on quality of life.

The American Psychiatric Association created the post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis in 1980, sparking a proliferation of research. We've charted how our understanding of trauma has changed over the decades.

A group of psychologists say body-oriented therapies can heal the deepest layers of the brain—and they're hoping neuroscience will prove them right.

It was a great year for weed and gravitational waves.

The popularity of cryotherapy is growing, despite risks of asphyxiation, frostbite and severe burns.

Researchers examined 6,000 Israeli patients' siblings who were diagnosed and hospitalized with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or depression.

Polish police suspect the facility was producing counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills.

Bisphosphonates could save the lives of post-menopausal women being treated for early breast cancer.

The Opioid painkiller is costing the U.S. Health Care System an estimated $78.5 Billion Dollars with an increased 72 percent of Opioid-related hospitalizations.

The physiology of how insects process sound holds promises for developing hearing aid tech.

Some hospitals are installing video cameras in operating rooms to improve staff performance and protect patients under the knife.

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the great threats facing Europe and the world.

A new study on mice is more proof that sleep quality impacts memory function.

Most research on the neurodegenerative disease has focused on amyloid plaques, but a new study may change this.

New research has found the biological pathways responsible for providing pigment to hair and skin.

A new finds babies who ate cereal and other products made of this grain had higher levels of urinary arsenic.

A study suggests the human brain may be hard-wired to stay at least half awake when in unfamiliar territory.

A new study suggests patients who take this over-the-counter medication while in treatment had fewer metastases and were less likely to die from the disease.

A panel of neurologists updated guidelines for physicians using Botox and similar neurotoxins for a range of neurological conditions and injuries.

A new study suggests the protective benefits of matrimony vary.

In a response to lawmakers’ requests, U.S. regulatory agencies plan to re-evaluate policies that limit access to cannabis for medical research.

Hearing loss has increased 31 percent in two decades, thanks to venues that play music loud enough to damage eardrums.

Most Americans would be willing to give a up vital organ for $50,000.

An analysis suggests past studies that advocated for having a few drinks each week were poorly designed and based on unreliable data.

Federal health officials say the substance on latex can cause serious allergic reaction and other health problems.

A new study finds women in treatment are opting to remove their healthy breast even though research shows the procedure does not improve survival rates.