Doctors

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A group of doctors in Philadelphia is offering free measles vaccines on the heels of an outbreak in the city. There have been eight confirmed cases of the disease since late December, all among unvaccinated people, according to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. The first case occurred among a […]

Marnie Griffiths/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Halloween brings spooky seasonal activities that fear and thrill seekers flock to. While many may think of fear as a largely negative reaction, doctors say it can stimulate the same centers of the brain as happiness and is positively reinforced by social bonding when it’s experienced without a threat […]

Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The American Academy of Pediatrics is warning parents and caregivers that excessive exposure to loud noises can be detrimental to children, and sound machines can cause more harm to children than previously thought. In a statement released Saturday, the AAP said: “What families may not realize is that children […]

Martina Paraninfi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Doctors are increasingly discouraging people from using e-cigarettes given the mounting evidence about the significant negative health impact of vaping– even as a smoking cessation tool. For current smokers, “there are other very powerful, safe and FDA approved interventions,” Dr. Petros Levounis, the President of the American Psychiatric Association and […]

Dayton Children’s Hospital (NEW YORK) — Doctors in Ohio performed a groundbreaking surgery to separate conjoined twins, the first of its kind due to the twins’ age and the complexity of their condition. When the doctors at Dayton Children’s Hospital in Ohio first heard about Guatemalan conjoined twins Pedro and Augusto in 2019, who were […]

ABC News Photo Illustration / Alex Gilbeaux (NEW YORK) — Dr. Nicole Teal, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, had just finished her training in North Carolina, when she was offered a good position in the state that would have allowed her to stay closer to family. But there was one problem: North Carolina’s 12-week abortion […]

Courtesy of Oregon Health & Science University (NEW YORK) — Doctors in Oregon recently set a Guinness World Record for discovering a spot of skin cancer that measured just 0.025 inches. The spot of skin cancer was found on the face of Christy Staats, who said she made a dermatology appointment two years ago to […]