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.

The shortage is primarily due to increased demand, which comes after a fall that saw a spike in respiratory illnesses like Influenza, RSV and COVID-19.

The shortage of life-saving medication seems to be getting worse, NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry reports.

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.

When you or your kids get a stuffy nose, there’s likely an over-the-counter cold medicine you turn to. But several doctors and pharmacists say there is growing evidence they don’t really work.

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.

While you should be keeping tabs on your health year-round, it’s particularly important to on top of your heart health during the winter months given that Americans are up to 30 percent more likely to have a heart attack during the colder months of the year.

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.