Therapies & Treatments Articles

Last year, on a 15-mile hike for which I had not packed enough water to deal with summer heat, I became dehydrated and had a heart attack. Well-meaning friends later urged me to take herbs, some of which would have caused another attack.

A drug-resistant form of malaria is quickly spreading through South-East Asia, a new study reveals. Unless radical action is taken immediately, the situation could worsen dramatically.

The phrase "Not everything that shines is gold" also applies to scientific research, unfortunately. People believe that all scientific knowledge is true, but scientific fraud exists and it is more common than you would imagine.

A study of 50,000 HIV-positive people shows that death rates in this population have halved since 1999, something that can be attributed to improved treatment of the virus.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine has been used since the very beginnings of humanity. Homeopathy, however, is a considerably new practice, compared to others. But, is it an effective alternative practice or is it just an invention?

Antibiotic-resistant infections are killing tens of thousands each year, and no new classes of antibiotics have been developed in over 25 years. British PM David Cameron announced a panel that will tackle this very serious threat.

Eliquis, Lixiana, and Xarelto are up and coming anticoagulants that are heavily advertised both to doctors and, in the United States, to patients. They aren't for everyone, but they are less toxic, and far easier to use, than some alternatives.

In this article, I expose the reasons on why animal research is necessary to do science and how our governments have designed laws to ensure that only researchers with the right qualifications are in charge of animal handling.

The World Health Assembly vowed to improve care for dying and chronically-ill patients, giving hope to millions of people who might otherwise die in terrible pain.

In recent years, parents have started questioning the advantages of vaccination, a preventive measure that has been used for years . Before you do this, read more about vaccine development and how this process is regulated and controlled.