A new vaccine shows promise for preventing infection with the potentially dangerous diarrhea bug Clostridium difficile, or C. diff., prelimary research suggests.
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Older women with early breast cancers have fewer recurrences and significantly longer survival times when they take the aromatase inhibitor Femara (letrozole) instead of tamoxifen, a long-term follow-up study shows.
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Experts give adoption advice to parents considering international and domestic adoptions.
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Younger doctors are more skeptical about the safety and effectiveness of childhood vaccines than older doctors, a new study suggests.
Continue reading …Which breast pump will work for you? How do you pump your breast milk? Find answers here.
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The biggest study ever to examine the possible connection between cellphones and cancer found no evidence of any link, suggesting that billions of people who are rarely more than a few inches from their phones have no special health concerns. (Oct. 21)
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Most Americans eat more salt than federal guidelines call for, increasing their risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke, a new CDC report shows.
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Most Americans eat more salt than federal guidelines call for, increasing their risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke, a new CDC report shows.
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One of the largest and longest-running studies ever to look for a link between mobile phone use and brain tumors shows that cell phone use doesn’t increase the risk of brain cancer and other kinds of central nervous system cancers.
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Doctors need to recommend the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to help increase the number of girls getting immunized, according to CDC researchers.
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