New CBD (cannabidiol) products are cramming store shelves in the US as the market explodes for what many Americans believe to be a miracle cure-all.
Health24 reports...Oncology
Regular use of a common type of medication, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, significantly improves survival for a third or more patients with head and neck cancer, a new...Psychiatry
The number of people in the US who have difficulty controlling sexual feelings and urges may be greater than realised, researchers say. The study found that 7% of women...
August 29th, 2018In the first study to evaluate YouTube videos on facial plastic surgery procedures, which draw millions of viewers, Rutgers University researchers found that most are...
A study out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found a link between early-life alcohol consumption and aggressive, high-grade prostate cancer. The...Occupational Health
Occupational exposure to hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV on the part of health care workers rarely leads to infection. Poz reports that researchers at the University of...Infectious Diseases
For every hour that clinicians failed to complete the anti-sepsis protocols, known as the 'three-hour bundle' mortality rates climb by between 3% and 4%, found a...Weekly Roundup
Texas health officials have reported the state's first case of Zika likely spread by local mosquitoes, making Texas the second state within the continental US to report...
Nafcillin and oxacillin, antibiotics commonly prescribed in hospitals, have been used without preference for one over the other but a new study suggests that oxacillin...
