
A group of about 30 men in camouflage bulldozed an active hospital in China this morning, destroying an estimated $600,000 worth of medical equipment and trapping doctors and patients inside.
by Frances Martel7 Jan 2016, 9:09 AM PST0

A new device called a “Babypod tampon speaker” that plays music directly to unborn babies is based on research that has found babies as early as 16 weeks of gestational development are able to hear music in utero which can, in turn, stimulate neurons in the fetus’ brainstem and help babies learn to communicate while still inside the womb.
by Dr. Susan Berry6 Jan 2016, 3:01 PM PST0

A South Carolina Democrat lawmaker has proposed a bill that would make it more difficult for men to obtain medications that treat erectile dysfunction (ED) in retaliation for a Republican measure that would restrict abortions past the fifth month of pregnancy.
by Dr. Susan Berry2 Jan 2016, 1:27 PM PST0

Vaccination rates seem to be rising in California on their own–long before the state’s controversial new mandatory vaccination law takes effect in July 2016.
by Michelle Moons30 Dec 2015, 5:22 AM PST0

A prominent California newspaper that backed Obamacare is now sounding the alarm about doctor shortages.
by Joel B. Pollak28 Dec 2015, 6:01 AM PST0

Health authorities in Brazil are warning couples to delay pregnancies as they treat thousands of cases of infant brain damage experts believe could be linked to the rare African Zika virus. Some suggest the virus made its appearance in Brazil through the high influx of tourists following the 2014 World Cup.
by Frances Martel24 Dec 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

The Department of Health and Human Services has opened an investigation – which will include a full audit – of Planned Parenthood’s compliance with federal regulations on fetal-tissue transfers.
by Dr. Susan Berry22 Dec 2015, 12:52 PM PST0

Not content with merely educating people as to the health risks associated with tobacco, anti-smoking campaigners and politicians in Australia are considering a ban on under-25s being able to smoke, and even a rolling blanket ban. The latest front in the
by Sarkis Zeronian22 Dec 2015, 6:37 AM PST0

Even though the FDA announced this week that homosexuals may give blood, overturning a 30-year-old blanket ban, the government will still not let sexually active homosexuals donate. Any man who identifies as homosexual may only give blood if he stipulates he has not had sexual contact with another man in the previous 12 months.
by Austin Ruse21 Dec 2015, 6:04 PM PST0

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nullified a 30-year ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.
by Mary Chastain21 Dec 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

Federal authorities have joined Texas officials in the search to find and apprehend missing “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, who went missing this week.
by Merrill Hope18 Dec 2015, 5:00 AM PST0

The Afghanistan-Pakistan region is considered to be the last frontier for efforts to eradicate naturally-occurring polio cases, and the Taliban, a terrorist group that operates in both countries, has joined the final fight against the crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease.
by Edwin Mora16 Dec 2015, 8:28 PM PST0

A federal judge is temporarily stopping Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine from taking legal action against Planned Parenthood facilities in his state, after an investigation found the abortion business contracts to dispose of aborted babies by first “steam-cooking” them and then dumping them into landfills.
by Dr. Susan Berry15 Dec 2015, 6:56 AM PST0

As a growing family, living in expensive New England, MA, business owner and entrepreneur Rob Willington knew he needed to find a way to pay for his family’s medical costs. The options available to him and his family via the Massachusetts Health Connector were limited and unaffordable. As a family of faith, there were also objections to many of the products and services conventional health insurance providers are mandated to cover.
by Liberty HealthShare14 Dec 2015, 9:01 PM PST0

The men recruited to incinerate the bodies of those killed by the Ebola outbreak in Liberia last year mostly live together in squalor, succumbing to alcohol abuse, as their community rejects them for being involved in the taboo treatment of the dead.
by Frances Martel10 Dec 2015, 11:44 AM PST0

Pro-life organization Americans United for Life (AUL) announces a 2016 legislation package that follows up on its success with the multiple measures designed to protect babies and their mothers that have swept through the nation over the past several years.
by Dr. Susan Berry8 Dec 2015, 8:14 AM PST0

Surgeons will soon perform penis transplant operations for the first time in the United States on American service members who have suffered severe wounds to their genitals in the line of duty.
by Edwin Mora7 Dec 2015, 9:42 PM PST0

San Francisco could soon be home to the largest medical marijuana dispensary in the county, if not the world.
by Daniel Nussbaum4 Dec 2015, 6:00 PM PST0

On Wednesday, three years early, the California Nurses Association announced that it was endorsing Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2018 gubernatorial bid.
by William Bigelow3 Dec 2015, 12:40 PM PST0

A new study from the World Health Organization shows how dangerous it is to become “transgender.”
by Austin Ruse2 Dec 2015, 11:20 AM PST0

The government of Rwanda has reinstated mandatory Ebola screening and self-reporting procedures at its airports, as Liberia imposes regular temperature checks at school to monitor any new potential cases following the death of 15-year-old Nathan Gbotoe of the disease in late November.
by Frances Martel2 Dec 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

San Francisco’s needle exchange program, which began in 1988 in an attempt to prevent, reduce and eventually thwart the spread of HIV among users, has spiraled out of control and into a public health disaster for inhabitants of the burgeoning city.
by Adelle Nazarian1 Dec 2015, 1:12 PM PST0

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) urged Congress Tuesday to overhaul the mental healthcare system in the United States as a way to prevent mass shootings.
by Michelle Fields1 Dec 2015, 10:10 AM PST0

A patient with Ebola-like symptoms was seen at the Veterans Affairs emergency room in Dallas this past Thanksgiving weekend. Hospital officials have reportedly ruled out the deadly virus.
by Lana Shadwick30 Nov 2015, 12:10 PM PST0

A state appeals court in San Francisco deflated the hopes of a man who had filed a lawsuit against two motorcycling companies in 2012, after he suffered a several-days long erection from riding his 1993 BMW bike for two hours, by affirming an earlier judgement brought against the man, thereby dismissing the unique case.
by Adelle Nazarian29 Nov 2015, 10:22 AM PST0