(Reuters Health) – Badminton players may be at high risk for serious eye injuries, many of which can bring on permanent vision problems or blindness, according to a study of wounds treated at a Beijing hospital.

(Reuters Health) – Roughly one-third of older people in the U.S. may live in households with guns and a new study suggests that many of those firearms are not stored in the safest way: locked and unloaded.

At least 16 cases of mumps have been reported at Indiana University since Februrary, and nine cases have ties to a single fraternity.

Eight babies who were born without a working germ-fighting system had their disease corrected by a gene therapy that ironically was made from one of the immune system’s worst enemies, HIV.

Researchers from the University of Cape Town have found that the injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera could potentially increase women’s risk of contracting TB.

Holly Eastall says she felt suicidal after being falsely accused of abuse following her baby’s death.

More than 2,200 people with learning disabilities are still being treated in hospitals, figures show.

A doctor in Pembrokeshire tweets a brutally honest job advert in a bid to relieve “tired” GPs.

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As livestock grazing and farming become increasingly unsustainable, scientists point to insects as food for the future.

As a parenthood writer, I read a lot of parenting books. Most of them underwhelm by either repeating the obvious or suggesting approaches that are in deep denial of the vagaries of human nature.

Proscar and Avodart, prescribed for an enlarged prostate, were tied to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes.

Liars and thieves should not be allowed to detract from legitimate scientific research that has made umbilical cord blood mystic in its regenerative powers.

Experts say mirroring another person’s facial expressions is essential not only for recognizing emotion, but also for feeling it.

ED is a difficult subject to bring up, and you may face resistance if your partner sees it as a stigma.

In a study, American states that have full bans on texting while driving had fewer car crash victims.

Though this year’s flu hasn’t been as bad as last year’s, it’s still been severe, and it will be weeks before flu drops to levels needed for the season to be declared over.

Even as the Trump administration has taken steps to expand offshore oil drilling, a new report shows that thousands of oil spills are still happening and that workers in the oil and gas industry are still dying on the job.

Does sugar make kids hyper? Maybe.

“Emma” says it is unfair that she faces a deadline to choose how to fertilise her frozen eggs.

This mineral kills the two types of bacteria that cause underarm odour – and stops stink cold.