Medical

by Katie Mayangi

FDA Approves Single-Dose $1125 a Pill Hepatitis C Cure as Breakthrough Drug A new drug called Harvoni, to treat chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection (HCV), has been approved by the Food ... read the story

by Kara Pendleton

Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Eventually Cure Type I Diabetes, Help with Type II Promising his diabetic children he would find a cure, Harvard Researcher Doug Melton is very close to keeping that promi... read the story

by Kara Pendleton

500 Sick, Four Dead and Suspected Paralysis Due to Enterovirus D68 Three children and one adult with enterovirus D68 have died thus far this year, with the most recent death being that of... read the story

Losing Your Smell May Indicate Death Is Just around the Corner Your sense of smell indicates more about your health than you think. Typically, aging symptoms include loss of memory an... read the story

by Emma Harrison Clark

The Growth Rate of Type 2 Diabetes Finally Stabilizes in Americans Americans have a lot of preventable diseases, with diabetes being one of them. After nearly twenty years of constant inc... read the story

Only 1% of Men Take the 5 Steps Required to Reduce Heart Disease by 80% More than half a million Americans lost their life to heart disease last year, and it remains the leading cause of death... read the story

by Emma Harrison Clark

Is Your Artificial Sweetener Contributing to Diabetes? The diet soda saga continues with new research published this week in the Journal Nature. This most recent discovery say... read the story

by Emma Harrison Clark

Misfit Flash Is a $50 Wearable Fitness Band That Links to Your Phone Wearable technology expert, Misfit, has come out with a new fitness band to attract newcomers to the world of wearable t... read the story

by Emma Harrison Clark

Gilead Sciences Strikes Deal to Discount Hepatitis C Drug in Developing Countries Some welcome news came yesterday for sufferers of Hepatitis C that live in developing countries. Hep C is a liver diseas... read the story

Apple’s HealthKit to Begin Medical Trials at Duke and Stanford Universities Apple’s new HealthKit, packaged in with their new iPhone 6 and iOS 8 releases has some rather ambitious goals. Cur... read the story