Now, before I get into it, I will preface this review by saying my liver was fine to begin with. And if my liver were to give me issues, I would go to a doctor (as you should too!) before ever turning ...

Children receive roughly 30 vaccine doses before age 18, doctors say. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a Senate hearing on Thursday that children receive up to 92 ...

Controversy persists regarding the appropriate duration of therapy with benzathine penicillin G in persons with early (i.e., primary, secondary, or early latent) syphilis (Treponema pallidum infection ...

“These results will help physicians simplify the treatment of syphilis for patients and reduce the time and inconvenience associated with multiple injections of penicillin administered in the past,” ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

The pneumococcal conjugate vaccines that were studied were the PCV10 (GSK) and PCV13 (Pfizer). The saccharide in PCV10 is conjugated to nontypable Haemophilus influenzae protein D, tetanus toxoid ...

New research suggests that dosage plays a role in a rare side effect of A.D.H.D. stimulants. By Christina Caron Julianna McLeod, 26, had her first psychotic episode while taking Vyvanse for attention ...

Taking a high dose of ADHD drugs is linked to more than five times greater risk of developing psychosis or mania, according to a new study published Thursday in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The ...

Hospitalized patients who took high doses of ADHD prescription amphetamines were five times likelier to develop psychosis and mania than patients not on the medication, a study found. The study of ...

Anterior–posterior electrode placement is preferred in electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation. However, the optimal anterior–posterior electrode position in relation to the heart is not ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a kind of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. A problem with the electrical signals that control your heart’s pumping action causes it to beat too fast in a pattern that ...