Just over a year ago, the Ebola virus arrived in the United States via Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan, who eventually died after being treated in a Dallas hospital. Despite the West Africa Ebola outbreak...

India is no stranger to infectious diseases, this includes mosquito borne diseases like malaria, chikungunya and dengue fever. In fact, 2015 has been a particularly heavy season for dengue fever even in...

The fight against tuberculosis is paying off, with this year’s death rate nearly half of what it was in 1990. Nevertheless, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2014. Most of these deaths could have been...

The non-stop advance of science in all fields is a fascinating process. Knowing how differently things are done today compared to fifty or even twenty years ago, we can see what an incredible world we...

The human brain is a highly complex organ, which relies on a lot of different processes in order to work properly. Not only does the brain rely on many different processes, it’s also responsible for...

I totally missed this advisory issued by the Philippines Department of Health on Sep. 11 on the parasitic infection Capillariasis: Mode of Transmission: The disease can be acquired through consumption...

According to the American Cancer Society colon cancer is one of the third leading causes of deaths in the U.S. to date. As with most cancers, there are no real signs that the disease is there until it...

Warts aren’t just for witches and goblins. According to member dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology, children and teens, people who frequently bite their nails, and people with a weakened...

By LabDoor.com School lunch menus have gotten a lot healthier since the days of mystery meat and juice cocktails made of sweet powdered blends, but does that really mean your kids are eating well?...

Some in the celebrity class in the US just amaze me with how they spew their lack of knowledge of medicine and science and offer advice for the masses. In the recent past we’ve seen opinion and rant...