A small study in 16 people with severe anorexia has found that implanting stimulation electrodes into the brains of patients could ease their anxiety and help them gain weight.
As America's addiction to painkillers reaches epidemic levels, the drugs are starting to affect San Diego's smallest and most vulnerable residents -- newborns.
Every 25 minutes, a drug-addicted baby is born in the U.S. To try to protect the youngest victims of the nation's opioid epidemic, Tennessee enacted a law that sent new mothers to jail for substance abuse, while other states employ existing child-abuse laws to punish prenatal drug users and remove their children.
The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency said on Friday, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased.
An experimental Merck & Co drug succeeded in preventing clinically serious cytomegalovirus (CMV) following bone marrow transplant and was associated with a lower death rate compared with placebo in a late state study, the company said.
The family of a 13-year-old Orange County girl who was left with life-threatening injuries after a tree fell on her during a storm on Friday said she is still in an unstable state, with doctors continuing to work on relieving pressure on her brain.
Boston Scientific Corp said on Thursday it was recalling its range of Lotus Valve heart devices, citing reports of problems with the locking mechanism.
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