Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and even high...

Autism Accreditation is an internationally-recognised quality standard provided by The National Autistic Society (NAS), the UK's leading charity for people affected by autism. When parents or...

Some 2,000 nurses and midwives are to receive €1.7 million during in their next pay due to a mistake that was made back in 2007. As a minimum, nurses will be receiving €475 and a...

When health officials learned that the 2015 measles outbreak was caused by clusters of unvaccinated children, Americans once more wanted to understand why some parents do not vaccinate their children....

Gene editing is getting fresh attention thanks to a successful lab experiment with human embryos. But for all the angst over possibly altering reproduction years from now, this technology already is...

A new study from Harvard has found greater risk of breast cancer in women who live in neighborhoods that have higher levels of outdoor light during the night. The findings are based on the...

If you learned your DNA made you more susceptible to getting a disease, wouldn't you work to stay healthy? You'd quit smoking, eat better, ramp up your exercise, or do whatever else it took to...

The new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently made a surprising and bold announcement that could potentially save more lives than if we ended the opioid epidemic today. FDA...

The Superintendent of Public Health has warned people to consume no more than two eggs a day after traces of fipronil were found in imported eggs being sold in Malta. The government said in a...

For many, American football is a beautiful game that is simple to enjoy but complex to master. Choreographed with a mixture of artistry and brutality, it features the occasional "big hit" or...