Wrigley will remove caffeinated gum from the market after an investigation announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company said yesterday...

Women who catch the flu during pregnancy may put their child at increased risk of bipolar disorder later in life, according to a new study in JAMA Psychiatry. In the past, studies have demonstrated a link between gestational influenza and schizophrenia in offspring, showing that a mother's flu during pregnancy may increase a child's risk of schizophrenia...

Certain species of a flowering plant family called "Solanaceae" have chemical properties that can help prevent the development of Parkinson's disease. Some of the species are edible sources of nicotine, a chemical which is thought to have a neuroprotective effect upon dopaminergic neurons, providing a protective effect against the disease...

When we hear someone laughing because they are being tickled, the connections in our brains respond differently to when we hear social laughter, such as that which expresses joy or accompanies mocking behavior...

A recent report published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine reveals that PIP breast implants do in fact pose health threats, and can cause damage to a developing fetus. The new report disagrees with the NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh's recent statement claiming that PIP breast implants do not have any associated serious health risks...

A new type of DNA vaccine technology could be enhanced with an electric charge during vaccination to help prevent dust mite allergies. The finding was published in Immunology Letters and details how a new type of DNA vaccine is effective in mice against dust mite allergies...

Researchers in Brazil have engineered a new protein from the toxin of a reaper spider that could herald a new generation of anti-venom vaccines...

Only half of all patients who have tested positive for hepatitis C have had follow-up testing to see if they are still infected, according to a new report by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Hepatitis C is a serious virus infection that can result in liver damage and even liver cancer over time...

Breast cancer risk can be reduced through physical activity, according to new data published in a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, called Cancer Epidemiology. Aerobic exercise may prove to be a very effective means of lowering one's risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females worldwide...

As well as lowering cholesterol, it appears that consuming whole walnuts and walnut oil also reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in other ways, according to a new study funded by the California Walnut Board...

Hospitals in the U.S. charge prices that can vary by tens of thousands of dollars for the same medical procedures, even within the same states or towns, according to a new report...

Federal agencies should align to Medicare pay so it supports interoperability seamlessly within paperless systems, the American Medical Association (AMA) plus other medicine groups have urged...

Researchers believe that pest borne diseases such as Dengue Fever and the West Nile Virus, which already pose a serious threat to all countries in the European continent, are now a significant cause for concern in the U.K...

Community-based treatment programs help teens and young adults achieve positive outcomes in behavioral and emotional health, daily life skills, employment, and education, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)...

For nearly half of all chronic back pain sufferers, s simple course of antibiotics may cure about 40% of patients with chronic back pain, researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Birmingham, England, reported in the European Spine Journal. Neurologists are describing this breakthrough as "the stuff of Nobel Prizes"...

Fast food restaurants are major contributors to the ever-growing heart disease and diabetes epidemic in the U.S.A. Close to a quarter of Americans go to fast food restaurants at least twice a week. Most of their foods are known to be high in fat, sugar, and salt - which all contribute to heart disease...

Scientists at the UnIversity of Edinburgh in the UK suggest that the heart-health benefits of sun exposure may outweigh the risk of developing skin cancer. In the landmark study, the researchers found that when sunlight touches our skin, a compound called nitric oxide that helps lower blood pressure, is released into our blood vessels...

Sleep problems, such as difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, double the risk of prostate cancer in men, according to new research. The study was conducted by a team at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik and was published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Lara G. Sigurdardóttir, M.D...

Young women are more likely to take the HPV vaccine if they are told it protects from a nasty sexually transmitted disease, even though it also protects from potentially deadly cervical cancer, researchers from The Ohio State University and Texas Tech University discovered...

According to a new report released by "Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers", more than 1 million babies die the first day they are born (each year). A newborn's first day is the most dangerous day of his/her life and a lot of these deaths can be avoided if more health safety measures are implemented, says Save The Children...