FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Whether presenting a closing argument to a jury as a lawyer or singing on stage as a professional musician, Valerie Giglio of Stoneham, Massachusetts, knows how to work...

A virus dangerous to infants is spreading across the United States, and parents and pediatricians should be on the lookout for symptoms, federal health officials say. Parechovirus has caused at least one infant death and has cropped...

FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay Now) — As a teenager, April Summerford suffered from extremely painful periods that made her suspect something was wrong with her body. Summerford didn’t know it, but she had endometriosis — a...

Roughly 25 million children around the world missed critical vaccinations during 2021, as the pandemic continued to disrupt routine medical care, a new report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF shows. “This is a red alert...

Starting Saturday, if you or someone you know is contemplating suicide or having a mental health crisis, you can dial just three numbers — 988 — to get help. Callers will be connected to a trained counselor...

People shouldn’t take the drugs colchicine and fluvoxamine to treat mild to moderate COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning. The antidepressant drug fluvoxamine (Luvox) and the gout drug colchicine are commonly used and inexpensive drugs...

Memory loss is a common symptom after a stroke, but there’s hope for some that those memories could return. A new study from Norway examined 86 patients with relatively mild strokes and found many had improved mental...

An off-brand medication for diabetic macular edema might prove just as effective in early treatment as its more expensive alternative, potentially saving patients thousands of dollars, new research suggests. The vision condition is a common complication of...

A hurricane threatens anyone in its path, but it can be especially deadly for people who need kidney dialysis to survive, new research shows. An analysis of patient data spanning two decades linked hurricane exposure with a...

Despite now having more choices for lifesaving emergency allergy injectors like EpiPens, the cost is still proving prohibitively expensive for some, new research shows. Even though most people are saving money with lower-priced alternatives after the cost...