According to Dr. Hawkinson, some areas of the country are also seeing higher cases of norovirus. Add in whooping cough, ...

New Inflammatory Bowel Disease Testing Protocol Could Speed Up Diagnosis Apr. 16, 2024 — Patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) could benefit from better testing protocols that ...

The placement and use of gastric tubes are one of the most common nursing procedures performed in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU). These tubes are used for gastric decompression ...

A simple three-second test could reveal a potentially deadly health condition, according to experts. It may seem strange but pressing down on your leg could indicate if you have heart failure, ...

Incredible progress is being made in health and medicine – every day we seem to broaden our understanding of how to maximize physical and mental health, treat and cure illness and disease ...

Feeling under the weather? Local health officials are tracking a variety of viruses making rounds in the community right now.

A new pin-prick blood test, taken in your own home, is being used to diagnose a bacterium implicated in some forms of stomach cancer. The test is proving highly accurate in the early detection of ...

Anybody who has oral, anal, or vaginal sex, or genital skin-to-skin contact with another person can get STDs — in fact, most sexually active people get one at some point in their life. STDs don’t ...