Science is getting a grip on people's fears. As Americans revel in all things scary on Halloween, scientists say they now know better what's going on inside our brains when a spook jumps out and scares us. Knowing how fear rules the brain should lead to treatments for a major medical problem: When irrational fears go haywire.
Pfizer flopped with inhalable insulin, but local biotech firm MannKind says its version is in a 'different class'Can David succeed where Goliath failed?
The virus from Africa reached the U.S. by way of Haiti, a genetic study shows.A genetic analysis of 25-year-old blood samples has outlined a new map of the AIDS virus' journey out of Africa, showing that today's most widespread subtype first emerged in Haiti in the 1960s and arrived in the United States a few years later.
Union says the hospital is investigating an activist who sought information on one of the firings. Facility officials won't comment.UCI Medical Center has fired 13 nurses in the last three months and is investigating a union activist who sought information about one of the dismissals, according to the nurses union.
Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly -- at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday.
Loyola University Medical Center on Monday announced plans to start testing all incoming patients for a drug-resistant staph germ and isolating those who carry the dangerous bacteria.
Does all that Halloween candy turn kids into little monsters? Many parents say yes -- but in fact the sugar high may be a myth.DRESS up your kids like Dracula or Frankenstein, and most likely they'll look more cute than scary.
The Bush administration is recruiting about 1,200 doctors nationally to remove the paperwork from their medical practice in return for higher Medicare payments.
Devil's Revenge. Spontaneous Combustion. Hot sauces have names like that for a reason. Now scientists are testing if the stuff that makes the sauces so savage can tame the pain of surgery.
Several nonprescription cold medicines are being pulled from store shelves after manufacturer Wyeth on Monday started a voluntary recall and replacement program at retail outlets nationwide.
