Gina Kokosky

Since 2004, the American Heart Association (AHA) has been aiming to increase heart health awareness for women around the world, to prevent cardiac events and to promote healthy lifestyle changes.

Patients are more likely to take action when public health messages instill hope.

Officials with the FDA have approved benzyhydrocondone and acetaminophen (Apadaz, KemPharm) for short-term acute pain management.

Ultraviolet C light could be safely harnessed to kill influenza microbes.

A new tool that can measure cell strength 100 times faster than current methods may result in more optimal drug development for several diseases.

Antibiotics may become ineffective in treating E coli if antibiotic resistance continues to increase among children.

Scientists may be able to detect how a flu strain will spread based on its genome.

ADHD prescriptions among reproductive-age women has dramatically increased over a 10-year period, according to a report recently published by the CDC.

Overall, cigarette use among US adult has declined over the past decade, but gaps remain in certain population groups.