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Skin cancer could be more fatal when diagnosed in pregnant women within a year of giving birth.

Just the thought of consuming fecal pills, one’s own or someone else’s, is enough to make people lose weight.

Children and adolescents appear to be increasingly seeking medical care for nonorganic back pain. However, according to a new literature review, physicians are often unable to determine the exact cause for such pain, even with expensive, advanced testing that includes MRIs.

Being depressed or tired makes people less alert, but not sleepy, a Canadian study found. That means that sleepiness and poor alertness are not the same, and that doctors should not use the terms interchangeably.

Attaining a high level of education could lower a person's risk for multiple sclerosis (MS), a Norwegian study reported.

Positive thinking, including “concentrating on [a] hedonistic future†are signs a patient with remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis (RRMS) has accepted his or her illness, a Polish study found. Acceptance is a treatment goal because it is associated with better compliance as well as a heightened sense of well-being, researchers said.

Health care providers and consumers can have the most up-to-date human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) information in the palm of their hands with the new AIDSinfo application.

Understanding the complex, multifaceted ecological interactions that spread pathogens such as Ebola and MERS is extremely difficult; however, a recent study utilizing multidisciplinary approaches may hold some clues.

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital who analyzed medical records from three healthcare systems in their state have found no evidence to indicate that prenatal exposure to antidepressants increases the risk for autism and related disorders or for ADHD.

It goes back to the age-old difficult decision: school, sleep, and social life – now pick two. Although most of us are juggling busy lives, medical residents have the heavy weight of their own problems as well as their patients’.

A history of multiple surgeries and general anesthesia shouldn't necessarily worry the elderly about their risk of diminishing mental abilities, according to a new Mayo Clinic study.

Zika virus infection is a growing concern and diagnosis may require expensive tests. But 80% of patients do not have symptoms. The CDC outlines the challenges in a new set of Zika treatment guidelines.

Age matters when it comes to patients’ access to psoriasis treatment.

Co-morbidities and previous treatment did not adversely affect the efficacy of fingolimod (Gilenya/Novartis) in reducing relapses in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, researchers found.

British research indicates that previous fracture appears to be associated with an increased likelihood of chronic widespread bodily pain, particularly with hip fractures in women, and spine fractures in both sexes.

A three-pronged approach against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can prevent thousands of new infections in men who have sex with men, according to researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Low back pain isn’t exactly uncommon, yet finding the right treatment for patients remains a challenge. But a new approach, sans medication, may be just what back pain sufferers need.

A recent study showed that a large number of surgeons in the United States are reaching retirement age with no plans to put down their scalpel. What this can mean to the patients they treat has yet to be determined.

Cheese contains a natural food preservative, nisin, which can destroy cancer cells.

One of the most important facilities in the American military medical system is Brooke Army Medical Center. As a level 1 trauma center and a key research facility the San Antonio institution plays many roles all with one goal in mind.

A drug trial in France has officially gone from bad to worse.

Suspicions surrounding the connection between the Zika virus and microcephaly, the condition where infants are born with smaller-than-normal brain sizes, have come to a head as the mosquito-borne illness hits another state.

Emergencies that send patients rolling into the surgical suite are high risk situations. Epidemiologists in the United Kingdom indicate that approximately half of all surgeries are considered emergency in nature. More concerning is that these surgeries are associated with 80% of surgical deaths. Prompt and informed decision-making has been shown to improve emergency surgical outcomes.

The new, cheap, fast and accurate gene-editing technology known as CRISPR Cas9 has the potential to virtually end the mosquito's role in spreading malaria. But since that technology could also be used irresponsibly and even disastrously to edit the human genome as well, its use is controversial.

As the name suggests cardiac rupture can be a very serious condition with potentially fatal results if not treated quickly and effectively.

Intestinal transplantation can be the last resort for patients suffering from intestinal failure or other difficult conditions. Finding ways to make the procedure more effective can help more patients return to a higher quality of life.

Biologic drug secukinumab (Cosentyx/Novartis), already FDA approved in January 2015 to treat chronic plaque psoriasis, has now been approved for two new indications: the treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Being discharged from oncology care after treatment for breast cancer face concerns about the future. New guidelines look to provide a clearer picture for the years after original treatments.

Gut bacteria play a significant role in cancer immunotherapy, according to the findings of a mice model study published in the journal Science.

A phase I trial in France has gone terribly wrong as officials confirmed on Friday, January 15 that one person has been declared brain dead and five additional people are being hospitalized.