People who use emollient creams to treat dry and itchy skin conditions are being warned they can build up in fabrics and cause them to catch fire more easily. The medicines regulator says clear warnings on product packaging is needed to alert consumers. The MHRA…

They call her the “young miracle.” A baby who was admitted to an Ebola treatment center just six days after birth is now recovered from the virus. Congo’s health ministry calls the baby the youngest survivor in what is now the world’s second-deadliest Ebola outbreak….

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer (excluding skin cancer) in men and women in the United States, but it is by far the leading cause of cancer deaths. More than 500,000 Americans live with lung cancer and 234,030 new cases are diagnosed annually,…

A simple blood test has been developed that can diagnose cancer in just 10 minutes. It spots tiny amounts of DNA floating through vessels that could only have come from tumors – and not healthy cells. The breakthrough could lead to much earlier detection and…

Harvey Davis comes to open the gate to his dusty, wind swept compound in the remote part of northern Namibia. “Welcome, welcome, it’s been so long since we’ve had visitors,” he exclaims at the two health workers. The 79-year-old summons his wife, Ruth Nasidengo, who…

If you’re a sucker for Instagram-worthy food porn, chances are you’ve lusted over an acai bowl or two during your scrolling. After all, acai’s vibrant purple hue is kind of hard to miss-well, that and the abundance of delicious-looking fruit, granola, and nuts that always…

At least 36 students at a North Carolina school with a heavy anti-vaccine population have been sickened following an outbreak of the chickenpox virus, health officials said. The outbreak, formally known as varicella, hit Asheville Waldorf School in Ashville, according to a news release from Buncombe…

New UK research has found that smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure, key risk factors for heart disease, may have a bigger impact on the risk in women than in men. Carried out by researchers from The George Institute for Global Health at the University…