Modern medical technology has changed our lives and expectations. Learn how the new tools of medicine are working to change the face of health care and improve our lives.
New guidelines add some slack to long-term blood sugar targets—but diabetes is still a widespread problem in the U.S.
Coils that heat the liquid nitrogen may contaminate the resulting vapor with lead, chromium, manganese and nickel.
Most women who undergo this type of cancer treatment agree that greater knowledge makes it less scary.
War veterans who have been close to bomb blasts score lower on memory tests and overall cognitive performance.
Researchers suspect certain oxidative markers in a person's urine reveal the body's biological age.
Exposure to diesel fumes may increase a worker's odds of developing the neurodegenerative condition.
She's a survivor: Lily-Mae Morrison, the “Tiny Dancer” from Ireland, completes a clinical trial.
Type 2 in young people can lead to a more aggressive disease with more complications.
This new biological marker could be useful in diagnosing or treating the disease much earlier.
Cardiac arrest victims are twice as likely to recover if a bystander is able to shock their hearts back into rhythm.
After seven years, lung failure patient asks her doctors, “Am I still the sickest patient you ever had that lived?”
When Lester Cramer developed a blockage in his carotid artery, his surgeons used a new technique shown to reduce risk of strokes.
