Thailand finds 21 new cases of Zika in Bangkok, including pregnant woman Twenty-one new cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus have been confirmed in central Bangkok, including a pregnant woman who later gave birth with no complications, Thailand's public health ministry said on Sunday.
Euthanasia rising in Belgium, including more who are not terminally ill In the decade after Belgium legalized doctor-assisted death, the number of patients using it to end their lives rose nearly eight-fold, according to records of the national euthanasia control committee.
Study confirms Zika causes brain birth defects, questions remain Early results from a crucial case-control study in Brazil have confirmed a direct causal link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and the brain damaging birth defect microcephaly in their babies, scientists said on Thursday.
Brain cancer now deadliest for American children, study finds Brain cancer is now the deadliest form of childhood cancer in the United States, surpassing leukemia as treatment advances have allowed doctors to cure many blood-related cancers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.
6 things you should say to someone with cancer Jen Kraemer-Smith and Andrea Delbanco's lives were totally in sync: After meeting 11 years ago while working at the same magazine, they both married around the same time, bought houses in New Jersey around the same time, and gave birth to their first children within 3 weeks of each other.
Early menopause tied to heart risk and early death Women who enter menopause before age 45 are more likely to have cardiovascular problems and to die younger than women who enter menopause later in life, according to a new analysis.
Too soon to tell if 9/11 firefighters face increased cancer risk, study says Fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, the jury is still out on whether firefighters who worked at the World Trade Center site have increased odds of developing cancer, a U.S. study suggests.
Dr. Manny: The myth of a healthy presidential candidate Amid mounting pressure from republicans and democrats, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have released information regarding their current medical statuses.
US approves Aralez pill for heart patients; stock jumps The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a pill that combines aspirin and the acid-fighting drug omeprazole to guard against gastric ulcers in patients who require daily aspirin.
