A 17-year-old Michigan boy facing “imminent death” from vaping injuries has undergone a double lung transplant, the first in a patient suffering from the effects of e-cigarettes, a Detroit hospital said on Tuesday.

Britain’s opposition Labour Party will pledge on Wednesday to spend an extra 26 billion pounds ($33 billion) on healthcare if it wins the Dec. 12 election, including recruiting thousands more staff, rebuilding facilities and providing new equipment.

(Reuters Health) – People who have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than individuals who don’t have any sleep difficulties, a recent study suggests.

(Reuters Health) – When surgeons cut their prescribing of opioids for pain by more than 50%, their patient-satisfaction scores didn’t suffer, a small U.S. study found.

(Reuters Health) – White mothers may receive more pain assessments after delivery and have better access to painkillers than women from other racial and ethnic groups, two new studies suggest.

The surgery on the 17-year-old was the first transplant reported in the recent nationwide outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries.

Keeping blood pressure in check may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

Saying no can be tough.

ESwatini has suspended animal imports from neighboring South Africa for a second time this year following another outbreak of foot and mouth disease, the mountain kingdom’s agricultural ministry said on Tuesday.

The United States recorded 11 measles cases over a month as of Nov. 7, taking the total cases for the year to 1,261 in the worst outbreak since 1992, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

‘Not only are our bodies not meant to digest at late hours, we are also less mobile at night; thus the calories we consume are not being expended as energy.’

Three new books by medical professionals delve into the human emotions involved in tending to the gravely ill.

Amarin Corp Plc’s fish oil-derived drug received a largely positive review from FDA staffers on Tuesday, dispelling investor fears that the company’s choice of placebo in its trial could challenge the approval of its potential blockbuster.

Shares in Solid Biosciences Inc plunged 71% on Tuesday after a trial testing its gene therapy for a muscle-wasting disorder was halted for the second time in less than two years.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration staffers reviewing Amarin Corp Plc’s fish oil-derived drug said on Tuesday the agency’s tests were inconclusive on whether the use of mineral oil as placebo in the company’s trial could have impacted results.

Google’s “Project Nightingale” is collecting health data on millions of Americans through a new partnership with Ascension, one of the country’s largest nonprofit health systems.

A reader asks how best to advise her child who wants to stop getting a monthly period.

People are making the assumption that if they switch from conventional cigarettes to ‘vaping’, their risk of heart disease will be substantially reduced.

You’ve probably heard people say that keeping plants in your home or office helps to make the air cleaner, but science says otherwise.

Your gut has a great effect on all your bodily functions, so taking care of your gut health is more important than you might think.

Solid Biosciences Inc said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had put on hold a trial testing its gene therapy for a muscle-wasting disorder, the second halt by the health regulator, sending its shares plunging 66%.