New York State Health Dept. Announces $1.5 Billion In Hospital Grants
The commissioner noted nearly 75 percent of ER visits in New York state could be avoided. The savings would be $4.3 billion.
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The commissioner noted nearly 75 percent of ER visits in New York state could be avoided. The savings would be $4.3 billion.
Some experts say music works through different brain networks than speech, and that theory has led to a new treatment method for brain injury patients.
New apps like Apple's ResearchKit have allowed potential medical research subjects to participate in studies on the go -- making the process simple and even entertaining
You can buy it over the counter, it relieves pain, reduces inflammation, protects against heart attack and stroke, and now researchers say it may be able to prevent some types cancer.
Broken wrists are among the most common fractures in the country, with 650,000 occurring every year.
As the heroin epidemic rages across the country high school athletes are becoming addicted in alarming numbers.
Aqua Studio, on Franklin Street in Tribeca, uses specialty spin bikes designed to give users a full cardio workout while partially submerged in salt water.
Hundreds of New York City chain eateries, including Applebee's and Subway, have begun posting city-mandated warning labels on their menus to flag items that contain high levels of salt.
If you suffer from anxiety, insomnia, depression, or chronic pain, but don't want to take drugs to treat your problem a battery powered device used by the VA to treat veterans may be the answer.
One out of 10 adults gets constant and extremely painful headaches.
The Food And Drug Administration has ordered black box warning labels to be put on the Essure contraceptive implant.
It's being called the new frontier in healthcare, and it lives inside our bodies.
A local foundation helped a New Jersey child with a rare disorder have a life-changing day.
Sleep disorders include walking, talking and even eating without realizing it. And now, we can add sex to that list.
The secret to living a long and healthy life may finally be at hand. And the answer could lie not in diet and exercise, but in a pill.
