THURSDAY, April 17, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Changing how newborns are held immediately after birth could boost the use of delayed cord clamping and potentially reduce the number of infants with iron deficiency, according to a new study.

Functional brain imaging with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) may help determine whether a patient in a vegetative state has the potential to recover consciousness, according to a new study.

Heart attacks and strokes among diabetics have fallen nearly 60 percent in the past two decades, according to a new federal study.

The negative social, physical and mental health effects of childhood bullying are still evident nearly 40 years later, according to research by British psychiatrists.

Scientists have grown stem cells from adults using cloning techniques for the first time - bringing them closer to developing patient-specific lines of cells that can be used to treat a whole host of ailments, from heart disease to blindness.

By monitoring the number of times people look for flu information on Wikipedia, researchers may be better able to estimate the severity of a flu season, according to a new study.

The Missouri Senate and Missouri House have both passed bills to ban sales of electronic nicotine delivery devices to minors. House Bill 1690 and Senate Bill 841 would both limit the sales of these devices, sometimes called e-cigarettes, to consumers 18 ...

If you're diligent and go to your doctor regularly - you still may not be getting a clean bill of health. According to a new study, one in 20 Americans who see their doctor may walk away having their condition misdiagnosed.

LOUISVILLE, KY (AP) - Spring is in full bloom, and that fact hasn't been lost on allergy sufferers. There's good reason for that in Louisville: The city is ranked first in the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America's 2014 list of the most challenging locations to ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The government's latest report card on food poisoning shows a dip in salmonella cases but an increase in illnesses from bacteria in raw shellfish.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday took the rare step of urging doctors to stop performing a surgical procedure used on tens of thousands of women each year to remove uterine growths, saying the practice risks spreading hidden cancers within a ...

CLEARFIELD - The Clearfield Borough police will accept unused or expired medications for safe disposal on April 26. As part of the eighth National Take-back Initiative, police will accept drugs from 10 a.m.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian biotech group Galapagos NV on Thursday said it has successfully concluded the phase 2a study of a skin disease drug it is developing with Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC.

It might be common for those in their golden years to develop some kind of apathetic feelings, but a new study suggests those feelings could be a sign of a shrinking brain.

New York City - The family of Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Jim Kelly said that he will not make it back to western New York for the Easter holiday.