by Research Team | Jun 5, 2015 | Health News
Texas doctors say they have done the world’s first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man with a large head wound from cancer treatment. MD Anderson Cancer Center and Houston Methodist Hospital doctors announced Thursday that they did the operation on...
by Research Team | Jun 5, 2015 | Health News
A Florida oncologist was charged Thursday with giving cancer patients medications, included chemotherapy drugs, from other countries that were not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Federal health officials said patients at East Lake Oncology in...
by Research Team | Jun 5, 2015 | Health News
A drug to treat low female sexual desire should be approved with strict measures in place to ensure patients are fully aware of its risks, the advisory panel said WASHINGTON – A drug to treat low female sexual desire should be approved with strict measures in...
by Research Team | Jun 4, 2015 | Health News
The World Health Organization warned that the MERS outbreak in South Korea is likely to grow, as 1,364 people remain under quarantine and confirmed cases grew to 30 people. So far, two people have died after contracting the respiratory virus in South Korea in the...
by Research Team | Jun 4, 2015 | Health News
While deadly strains of the bird flu have not infected humans on U.S. soil, there is concern from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about keeping a watch out. Since December, the United States has wrestled with the worst outbreak of bird flu since 1980 in...
by Research Team | Jun 4, 2015 | Health News
Alcohol problems affect almost 33 million adults and most have never sought treatment. That’s according to a government survey indicating that rates have increased in recent years.