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After analyzing the data and adjusting for socioeconomic factors in adult life, the researchers found that women who exercised in their teens and as adults had a 20 percent lower risk of death from all causes compared to other women.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert for two drugs, Brintellix and Brilinta, after receiving 50 reports of confusion between them caused by similarities in the drugs’ names.

In some tests, disease-causing viruses measured up to 1.7 million times the level of what would be considered hazardous on a Southern California beach.

Five completely paralyzed patients were able to move their legs voluntarily for the very first time with the help of a new technique called transcutaneous stimulation, which combines non-invasive electrical stimulation, an experimental drug and physical therapy.

Meanwhile, only 56% of the participants with leg pain and 44% of those with back pain undergoing low frequency SCS treatment reported the same progress. SCS delivers electric pulses to the spinal cord through a small device implanted under the skin, giving the patient a form of...

The head of the nation’s largest veterans service organization praised Congress for passing a measure to fill a $3.4 billion funding gap, which threatened to close VA hospitals and clinics across the country. The “Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice...

The new method, known as transcutaneous stimulation, uses electrodes strategically placed on the skin of the lower back to deliver an electrical current to the spinal cord. The men also received conditioning to see whether physical training combined with the electrical...

On Thursday, officials identified two other sources contributing to the outbreak.

Frates, who played baseball at Boston College, was honored at Fenway on Opening Day this year when the team signed him to a symbolic contract.

His original hands and his feet were amputated after he developed gangrene due to a sepsis infection.

An infographic that breaks down what happens in your body after you drink one Coke has gone viral, but health experts say some information in the graphic is exaggerated.

Although autism diagnoses among special education students grew more than three-fold between 2000 and 2010, the reason for the dramatic rise may not be because of an actual increase in autism, but rather, a outcome of a new classification system. The study says that such a rise...

Start with your calories, and use the first 3 numbers for the 10 percent added sugar goal (1,500 daily calories is 150; 2,400 daily calories is 240).

Two of those dispensaries will be operated in Manhattan by Bloomfield Industries Inc. and Columbia Care New York LLC. A legal dispensary will also be located in Clinton County. Depending on which organizations are chosen, we could see a production facility in Washington County at...

The partnership, which both companies announced Thursday, is aimed at enabling health care practitioners to gain insights from a wide mix of health information sources, including medical health records, pharmacy and medical claims information, environmental factors, and fitness...