If you have a food allergy, you may suffer from rashes, trouble breathing and other reactions. But allergies can also lead to a disease that destroys the esophagus lining.

One of the first things people turn to for muscle aches and sore joints are creams and gels that cause that hot-cold tingly sensation.

Scientists may have trouble proving it in a lab, but marital support helps cancer patients live longer. How can this be translated to help unmarried patients?

With football season in full swing, there bound to be aches and pains amongst the athletes. The use of a group of drugs similar to ibuprofen to manage and prevent pain is common in the National Football League (NFL). About 20 percent of athletes using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) report side effects, indicating a need for further investigation of its use. The NFL Team Physicians Society developed a task force to determine how to best use Ketorolac tromethamine , a NSAID commonly marketed under the trademark Toradol and used to treat players. The task force c...

Triple-negative cancer is a fast-growing, aggressive cancer that likes to strike young women and African-American women. Currently, there’s nothing for medicines to target with this cancer – but that could be changing.

Screening dense breasts with mammography is tricky business. That’s because some of the tissue looks like tumors on X-ray images. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new system that makes this task simpler and more effective.

Quitting smoking is tough work. Engaging in an online community may help people change their smoking habits.