Vital Signs: Learning: In This Class, a Flunked Test Is a Health Wake-Up Call
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When some students set out to learn about nutrition, the lessons hit closer to home than many of them expected.
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A pilot screening programme carried out on 11-14-year-olds, involving detailed tests on their circulation system, has revealed that although the children appeared healthy, one in five already had defective ...
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Some of the direst noises about our nationâs scientific prospects may be premature; students seem to be embracing challenging science courses.
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Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line of the nation's schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.    "It's too risky not to call attention to this," said Dr...
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BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study shows that stress tests may miss over half the cases of early heart disease.
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QUESTION: I&#39;ve been trying to avoid artificial sweeteners, so I&#39;ve been buying regular soft drinks. Now I hear that they can lead to diabetes.
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First-year medical students are some of the biggest hypochondriacs around. Bombarded with information about every disease under the sun, they start to imagine they have them all. In their minds, every mole is skin cancer. A nosebleed is surely a sign of a tumor. Headache? Must be skyrocketing blood pressure.
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The wait for exam results is causing problems like insomnia, depression and panic attacks, a report says.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- Even small amounts of secondhand smoke can sabotage a child's performance on reading, math, reasoning and logic tests, a new study finds.
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OTTAWAâLast week&#39;s health meeting confirmed the wisdom of several maxims dear to teachers and coaches. Do your homework. Develop a long-term strategy.
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A new at-home screening test, called Fertell, lets couples find out if they have fertility problems without stepping into a doctorâs office.
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A provocative study from Harvard Medical School suggests that, as a group, older doctors know less, provide lower-quality care, and may expose patients to greater risks than physicians recently out of medical school, a conclusion that an accompanying editorial declares should be "a wake-up call to the medical profession."
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The new test takes less than 12 hours, federal health officials said Monday.
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When a 32-year-old patient with rapid heart palpitations showed up in the emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital saying she suffered from Holt-Oram Syndrome, Dr. Jonathan Adler had no idea what this syndrome was. But he knew he had to work quickly. Using his computer, he looked up a comprehensive description on eMedicine.com, a Nebraska-based Web database of various diseases ...
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National studies have found that more than 90 million Americans are unable to adequately understand basic health information.
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NEW YORK  - Screening for cancer quite  often produces a false-positive result, and this can lead to  costly -- and ultimately unnecessary -- follow-up testing,  according to a new report.
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Doctors and public health officials must weigh the benefits of knowledge against the risk of alarm.