Medicine

Hippocrates famously said, “Let food be thy medicine” and that applies to heart health: Diet is incredibly important.

A Massachusetts family doctor was arrested for allegedly recording and possessing child sex abuse images, including on a hidden camera designed to look like a bracelet, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Don’t wait until spring to get the upper hand on your allergy symptoms

For more than a year, the fate of the Federal Helium Reserve, one of the world’s largest and most dependable suppliers of helium, has been uncertain. 

Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business.

Mifepristone has become a central flashpoint in the political battle over abortion at the state level in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

A species of glass frogs found in South and Central America has the rare ability to turn on and off its transparent appearance.

Patients say the eye-popping price tag set by the drugmaker is fueling insurance delays or denials, and sometimes exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses.

Jake Tapper’s 15-year-old daughter Alice wrote a powerful article for CNN detailing how a medical misdiagnosis almost cost her her life.

The department also listed a shortage for an oral powder. Amoxicillin is available in chewable tablets or capsules.

Strange as it sounds, the lighter-than-air element that gives balloons their buoyancy also powers the vital medical diagnostic machines. An MRI can’t function without some 2,000 liters of ultra-cold liquid helium keeping its magnets cool enough to work.

Whether someone is sitting, standing or lying on their side when swallowing pills can make a major difference in the amount of time it takes for the medicine to start working, Maryland scientists say. A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that there is actually a science to posture and taking medication. “It really kind of…

Changing the name could lead more low-risk patients to skip unnecessary surgery and radiation

Johnson & Johnson’s new CEO Joaquin Duato says in his first interview that AI in medicine will lead to innovations including real-time surgery decisions.

AstraZeneca has taken a roughly £25 million ($33 million) stake in U.K. health start-up Huma, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Nathan Chen’s sister Janice co-founded Mammoth Biosciences while watching her brother skate in the Olympics. Her plan: get the CRISPR start-up to $100 billion.

In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams became the first surgeon to perform open-heart surgery on a human. He started his career as one of only four practicing, Black doctors in Chicago and cared for Black and white patients.

The first African American woman doctor to secure a medical patent did so in 1988 for laser cataract surgery. Learn more about the extraordinary life of Dr. Patricia Bath.

Bringing workers back during winter 2022 is a mistake, says a pulmonary medicine expert, based on the virus science and employee psychological concerns.

Amid the rise in telehealth and digital health, devices like the Apple Watch and Fitbit Sense are moving beyond fitness tracking to collect more medical data.