Despite its focus on the emergency room—and decidedly not on a surgical center—we see an awful lot of procedures occurring at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center that sometimes feel very out of place for ...

Olga Neuwirth’s new opera, “Monster’s Paradise,” leans into the absurd to examine the phenomenon of the strongman leader (with added zombies). By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Reporting from Hamburg, Germany In ...

Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can dramatically improve cancer treatment, suggest two groundbreaking studies published in the Nature Medicine journal. The first study shows that the toxic side ...

As well as blood, plasma and organs, you can now donate fecal samples to stool banks for research and use in transplants. One scientist from the University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW Sydney) has ...

Translumbosacral neuromodulation therapy (TNT) significantly improved lumbosacral neuropathy and reduced fecal incontinence episodes compared with sham treatment in affected patients. “TNT ...

A BBC investigation has uncovered something that might make you reconsider your next drive-thru soda. Researchers from BBC Watchdog tested ice samples from 30 fast-food restaurants across the U.K., ...

Over the holiday weekend, many people looking to cool off from the summer heat were disappointed as some beaches were closed or authorities advised against swimming because of unsafe levels of ...

ONE WAS HURT. WELL, IT’S LABOR DAY WEEKEND AS WELL. AND OF COURSE, THOUSANDS OF US ARE GOING TO HEAD TO THE BEACH. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, A LOT OF THOSE BEACHES ARE ACTUALLY WARNING AGAINST SWIMMING.

Labor Day vacationers across the East Coast are facing "fecal contamination" warnings at their beaches this holiday weekend. Water quality warnings have struck coastal areas from Maine to Florida this ...

Labor Day beachgoers are being advised to think twice before plunging into the water, as popular beach destinations around the country are closed or have warnings in place because of high levels of ...