One of the largest double blind studies on the effectiveness of herbal remedy for memory loss found Ginkgo Biloba medically useless. The collaborative effort of five academic medical centers across the U.S. recruited 3,069 people …

When we think of ants, we imagine a line of military like creatures whose only goal is the transportation of that sugar you spilled earlier to their home. What you may not have noticed, …

Scientists studying the tumor cells ability to withstand the immune systems “self destruct” instructions, have applied them to strengthen normal cells.

What exactly does having 4 or 5 bad genes mean to you? A study found patients with variants of these genes have a four to five times chance of prostate cancer over patients that …

Published in the January 12 issue of the British Medical Journal, an observation found your gum chewing habits could lead to negative consequences. The observation done by Dr. Herbert Lochs and Dr. Juergen Bauditz …

A study done on 20,000 middle to senior aged people dived into the vague moniker of “being healthy”. The factors in the study used to rate the participants were how much they smoked, were …

Sure you could do without the pill shaped placebo, but where would be fun in that? According to a Times article the effect of just telling patients they would be getting painkillers induced them …

How happy would you be if some company you trusted with your personal information let that information fall into thieves hands? How much more insult to injury if they weren’t legally required to inform you, except …

 Having washboard abs might just save your life. According to a study done on heart disease by the Coronary Care Unit at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, they found a strong …

  It was a story that shocked many when it hit the front page. Biomedical Tissue Services of New Jersey, a company involved in illegally harvesting body parts sold from unscrupulous funeral home directors, now …