The commonly prepared chicken soup comes highly reccomended as an effective cure for the common cold. This information has actually become a common home remedy. But today, Some studies have shown that it is very effective for the control of high blood... 

I have written about knuckle cracking in the past, exposing the notion that doing so causes arthritis for what it is a health myth – one that is perpetuated by grandmothers all over the US. One doctor took his research on the subject quite personally.... 

A year ago, eight companies, including several fierce rivals, announced plans for an unusual $100 million study to address a huge question plaguing the market for artery-opening devices called coronary stents: How long do patients need to take blood-thinning... 

We all need reminders. There’s so much information to process these days that much of what we learn is often misplaced somewhere deep in the recesses of our minds. While scouring through my list of scientific resources, I was reminded of some previous... 

AIDS researchers are excited about today’s vaccine trial results — not because they think this particular vaccine will be used widely in patients, but because they hope that unpacking the promising but modest study results will lead them... 

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a very common consequence of aging in the modern world. On average, we’re living longer than ever and our joints are taking their fair share of the burden as a result. There are many conventional treatments for dealing with... 

Sen. Chuck Grassley is continuing to raise questions about research done by orthopedic surgeon David W. Polly Jr., a Medtronic Inc. consultant and chief of the spine service at the University of Minnesota. This week the Iowa Republican wrote to the university’s... 

Sometimes, new technology is both creepy and common sense. Take, for example, a system Novartis is testing for reminding patients to take their blood pressure meds. The company is testing inserting tiny microchips into the pills as part of a system that... 

Children six months to 17 years old appear to respond to and tolerate well the H1N1 flu vaccine, according to new data from a 600-child federally funded clinical trial. The early results from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases... 

The number of people living with memory-robbing Alzheimer’s disease grew 10% globally between 2005 and 2009 to 35 million, according to a report today by U.K.-based Alzheimer’s Disease International . And, mostly because people are living...