HealthWatch: Vision Checks For Preschoolers; Height Vs. Blood Clot Risk
Doctors say all children ages 3 to 5 years of age should undergo screening for lazy eye and that shorter people may be at lower risk of blood clots.
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Doctors say all children ages 3 to 5 years of age should undergo screening for lazy eye and that shorter people may be at lower risk of blood clots.
An app can detect an early sign of pancreatic cancer by looking at users' eyes, and a separate study says men are waiting until they are older to have their first children.
CAR-T therapy genetically engineers a patient's own blood cells to seek and destroy leukemia.
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The Beverly Police Department said Wednesday that they had hired a private contractor to remove Canada geese from their public parks and take them off site to euthanize them.
Meghan's mother reached out to the New England Patriots to help lift her daughter's spirits as she dealt with a heart condition.
A new implant treatment is keeping recovering addicts on a medicine that helps them stay sober.
Slow and steady wins the race when it comes to weight loss, according to a new study. Coffee may have even more potential benefits than originally thought.
Gov. Charlie Baker, who sits on the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, says he believes some of what Massachusetts has done to combat opioids should become the national model.
U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is calling for a ban on menthol cigarettes, arguing that tobacco companies disproportionately target African-Americans when they market and promote the cigarettes.
Trained as both a breast cancer surgeon and a plastic surgeon, Dr. Abhishek Chatterjee at Tufts Medical Center said he could remove the cancer and fix the patient's breasts all at the same time.
The new collision warning device is equipped with a camera that can scan 180 degrees and a microcomputer.
Public health officials said Tuesday that the number of opioid-related deaths fell about 5 percent in the first six months of 2017 compared to the same period last year.
The lawsuit claims that the talc in the company's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene.
More than 50 sailboats raced Saturday to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research.
