After years of legal battles and health concerns, Juul Labs has the go-ahead to sell some of its electronic cigarettes in the United States.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that it will allow Juul to market its e-cigarette device and tobacco and menthol refill cartridges.

The agency said the products may help adult s... Página completa

A new IVF technique helped eight babies in the U.K. avoid serious inherited diseases, and scientists are calling it a breakthrough.

All eight children were born using a method that uses DNA from three people: the mother, the father and a donor.

The goal? To prevent the babies from inheriting mitochondrial diseases, a group of rare an... Página completa

President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a vein condition that affects many older adults, the White House said.

Trump, 79, recently noticed some mild swelling in his lower legs. After a medical checkup, doctors found he has chronic venous insufficiency, a condition where blood has trouble flowing back to the heart. 

That&r... Página completa

Hispanic people are more likely to develop peripheral neuropathy than white people, and it’s not clear why, a new study has found.

Hispanic folks were 32% more likely than white people to have this nerve disorder even after accounting for known health, lifestyle and social risk factors, researchers reported July 16 in the journal Página completa

Doctors should ask diabetic women at every visit about their intention to have a child, to make sure they get the appropriate care prior to conception, new guidelines say.

This will help avoid miscarriages and birth defects among women who have diabetes before pregnancy, the authors write in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ... Página completa