
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

TEL AVIV – The first doctor in Egypt ever to be convicted for female genital mutilation never went to prison and is still a doctor who practices FGM on girls and women, with the protection of Egypt’s police and justice system, it has emerged.
by Deborah Danan13 Dec 2015, 5:04 AM PST0

The U.S. Senate approved a bill Thursday that would strip Obamacare of key tax-raising features and would also eliminate taxpayer-funding of abortion businesses, including Planned Parenthood.
by Dr. Susan Berry3 Dec 2015, 7:36 PM PST0

The Senate passed legislation Thursday to repeal key parts of Obamacare.
by Michelle Fields3 Dec 2015, 7:12 PM PST0

A group of Israeli scientists conducted the world’s largest nutrition study of its kind, finding once and for all that there is no such thing as a universal diet, since the same food can trigger wildly different responses from one person to the next.
by Breitbart Jerusalem23 Nov 2015, 12:13 PM PST0

A new study showing rapid adaptation of harmful bacteria able to resist even the sternest antibiotics has led a number of scientists to warn of an imminent “post-antibiotic era” when current medicine will find itself unable to treat many common
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.19 Nov 2015, 3:06 AM PST0

A recent publication states that a reported drop in the number of black males in medical school is due to “unequal” educational opportunities and other racial disparities.
by Dr. Susan Berry30 Oct 2015, 9:42 AM PST0

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee’s vision of a “Cure Strategy” was the most hopeful and persuasive policy platform put forth at Wednesday night’s GOP presidential debate.
by James P. Pinkerton18 Sep 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

Newly-minted parents at Venezuela’s Dr. Luis Razetti Hospital in Anzoátegui are denouncing its maternity ward for killing 17 babies in a week, the victims of sanitation so poor the ward is overtly inhabited by a swarm of possums.
by Frances Martel18 Aug 2015, 9:10 PM PST0

On Friday, Hillary Clinton issued a letter from her doctor, claiming that she is fit and healthy enough to be president of the United States, but the release came amid other information that continues to show improprieties with her secret email address used while she was Obama’s Secretary of State.
by Warner Todd Huston31 Jul 2015, 8:33 PM PST0

Cell phones have become so popular that only the most dire medical findings would be likely to significantly reduce their use, but the financial and legal fallout from product liability lawsuits could deliver a major blow to the industry, with one likely result being a significant increase in the cost of cell phones, from both redesigns meant to minimize potentially harmful radiation, and the cost of major lawsuits. Who knows what other sorts of nanny interventions we could face down the line? Phones treated like packs of cigarettes, slathered with warning labels? Mandatory warning messages piped into the ears of users when they’ve been on the phone too long?
by John Hayward31 Jul 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

As the financial crisis in Greece worsens, more and more sectors of the Greek economy are taking hits, including the health care system. Greece has a socialized health care system and now that the government is running out of money, so are hospitals.
by Michael Lucchese7 Jul 2015, 9:31 PM PST0

Authorities are investigating whether five children in a South Jersey clinic “shots for tots” event were given the wrong vaccines over the last year
by Warner Todd Huston6 Jul 2015, 3:15 PM PST0

Oftentimes, revolutions are noisy and people get hurt. But Rep. Fred Upton, Republican of Michigan, is leading a quiet revolution where people are being helped—we need more of that kind of revolution.
by James P. Pinkerton2 Jul 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

A new study has found that, in addition to causing thousands of deaths and continuing nearly unabated in parts of West Africa, the Ebola virus has resulted in at least 74,000 cases of malaria going untreated, with those infected too fearful of being quarantined for Ebola to seek medical care.
by Frances Martel24 Jun 2015, 9:17 AM PST0

The federal government has just bailed out Florida’s embattled legislature by giving them more Low Income Pool (LIP) dollars to pay for health care, essentially giving them the funds they need to come to a state budget agreement in the upcoming special session.
by Javier Manjarres22 May 2015, 8:49 PM PST0

Is Jeb Bush trying to lose the 2016 Republican primary race before he even enters the race?
by Javier Manjarres20 Apr 2015, 8:36 PM PST0

“Next year, I don’t think we’ll be sending doctors to Cuba.” Atabi Ewekia, the education department training officer for the tiny Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu, confirmed that sending Tuvaluan doctors to acquire their medical educations in Cuba may have been a mistake.
by Frances Martel10 Feb 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

The fast developing and deadly tick-borne virus that killed a man in Kansas has been identified. The virus is so deadly that doctors were barely able to keep up with the symptoms.
by Warner Todd Huston25 Dec 2014, 5:17 AM PST0