Vaccines are often cited as one of medicine’s greatest accomplishments. From the first smallpox vaccine in the 1790s to the human papilloma virus vaccine in...more_»
Doctors tend to shy away from using the word "cure" and cancer in the same sentence, but a wealth of promising research and medical developments in recent years...more_»
Unique among structures in the body, embryonic stem cells can be converted to almost any type of cell, carrying the promise of a cure for diabetes, Parkinson's...more_»
Amid the current health reform debate, the number of uninsured Americans continues to climb as employers drop health coverage, employees lose their jobs, and...more_»
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published a seminal report, "To Err is Human," sparking a movement to improve the quality of health care in the United States...more_»
Thanks to a broad, aggressive eradication campaign, tuberculosis (TB) is a relatively minor issue in the United States; but it is a growing problem among the...more_»
Few families in the United States are untouched by mental illness. Estimates are that about one in four American adults suffers from some type of mental illness...more_»
The field of environmental health examines how aspects of our natural and built environments affect our health. Environmental health scientists spend their time...more_»
Although many Americans may fear cancer more, heart disease is actually the leading cause of death in the United States. In an era of pacemakers and artificial...more_»
Between 2001 and 2006, the number of visits paid to emergency rooms in the United States increased annually by nearly 12 million, according to a U.S....more_»
