Blood banks are struggling amid a national decline in donations, especially for rare blood types — a situation that has spawned a global search for donors for a 2-year-old cancer patient with an extremely rare type in Orlando, Florida. Published January 17, 2019
A leaky brain could be an earlier sign of Alzheimer's disease compared to current tests and may hold the key to a potential cure, according to a study published Monday in a scholarly journal. Published January 15, 2019
Scientists have developed a long-lasting birth control patch they hope can give women more autonomy over family planning, reduce the number of doctor office visits and be widely distributed in developing countries. Published January 15, 2019
It's been said that very successful people don't waste time with sleep, only closing their eyes for maybe four to five hours. But new research says that routinely cutting your REM cycle short -- less than six hours -- is associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Published January 15, 2019
About half of parents are unaware that their teenagers have suicidal thoughts and more than 75 percent didn't know their children had recurrent thoughts of death, according to research published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Published January 14, 2019
Dietary fiber is considered the best carbohydrate you can consume, but how much is too much? Researchers now think they may have an answer. Published January 11, 2019
The U.S. fertility rate currently is too low to replace the nation's population over time, according to federal statistics published Thursday. Published January 10, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration is shifting funds during the government shutdown to prioritize drug safety surveillance over pre-market drug review work, the commissioner has announced Published January 9, 2019
A 3-D printed sponge could help clean the blood of cancer patients by removing excess chemotherapy, according to a study published Wednesday. Published January 9, 2019
Researchers are using artificial intelligence to diagnose rare genetic diseases by scanning a person's face or a photograph, according to a study published this month. Published January 9, 2019
Blacks are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than whites, but there's little research on the difference because most patients in studies are white, according to an article published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association Neurology. Published January 8, 2019
Scrambling to reduce the numbers of teens who vape, health officials are struggling with how to treat a new group of young people addicted to nicotine, with no clear path to help them break it. Published January 7, 2019
Holocaust survivors, while suffering from more chronic diseases and conditions, actually live longer compared to a similar age group that did not go through such a traumatic experience, according to research from Israel published Friday. Published January 4, 2019
An estimated one in 10 U.S. adults have a food allergy and at least one in five believe they are allergic to certain foods, according to research published Friday. Published January 4, 2019
Have a funny taste in your mouth? Are you turning people away with bad breath? What seems like poor hygiene actually could be signs of cancer, according to researchers in England who are launching the first breathalyzer test to detect disease. Published January 3, 2019
The Mediterranean diet was named the best eating plan for 2019, according to an annual ranking by U.S. News and World Report published Wednesday. Published January 2, 2019
Health care advocates want to put a cheap drug test in the hands of users to combat soaring rates of overdose deaths from the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, which is contaminating nearly every illegal drug on the street. Published December 26, 2018
Only 17.5 percent of those with addictions use one of the three medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration that help stop cravings and prevent opioids from working during relapses. Published December 26, 2018
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting that the flu season is well underway, with several states recording a high number of cases and at least seven child deaths across the country. Published December 26, 2018
Accidental overdose, heroin, struggle with addiction -- those words follow the loving remembrances by families to describe their sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. They plead that others don't suffer the same fate. Published December 25, 2018
