Prohealth has rolled out an internal programme that rewards staff loyalty and celebrates its employees' achievements within the company. The scheme was implemented in December 2018, during the...

Rising suicide rates and depression in U.S. teens and young adults have prompted researchers to ask a provocative question: Could the same devices that some people blame for contributing to tech-age...

Tens of thousands of embryos are stuck in limbo in fertility clinics, leftovers from pregnancy attempts and broken dreams of parenthood. Some are outright abandoned by people who quit paying...

Chinese authorities appear to have confirmed a scientist's unpublished claim that he helped make the world's first gene-edited babies and that a second pregnancy is underway, and say he could face...

The government's top doctor is taking aim at the best-selling electronic cigarette brand in the U.S., urging swift action to prevent Juul and similar vaping brands from addicting millions of...

If you want to understand why U.S. life expectancy is declining, West Virginia is a good place to start. The state is a bellwether of bad health, portending major problems years before they...

During pregnancy, expectant parents spend countless hours sifting through online resources to make the “right” medical choices for their baby. In addition to decorating a nursery and...

Gyms across the country will be packed in the new year with people sticking, however briefly, to their New Year’s resolution to lose weight. Most of them do not know that the cards are stacked...

For many years, the long-term success rates for those who attempt to lose excess body weight have hovered around 5-10 percent.  In what other disease condition would we accept these numbers...

Whilst the waiting time for inpatient care on a number of procedures, such as cataract surgery has been reduced substantially over the past year, outpatient waiting times are “long and have been...