From: redOrbit on Fri, Jul 08 2011 4:25 PM

A new report looks at the number of fatal car crashes where drivers were found to be under the influence of drugs.

From: redOrbit on Fri, Jul 08 2011 4:25 PM

Robert Bazell (NBC Nightly News) reports that food allergies many not only be more severe than first thought- but also more common.

From: redOrbit on Fri, Jul 08 2011 4:25 PM

Where there’s smoke, there are graphic new warning labels.

From: redOrbit on Fri, Jul 08 2011 4:25 PM

Watch John Wood, Professor of Molecular Biology at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Steve McMahon, Professor of Physiology at King’s College London, Franziska Denk and Alva Chen talk about their research at the London Pain Consortium (LPC). credit: Welcome Trust

From: redOrbit on Fri, Jul 08 2011 4:25 PM

A rare infection has affected a young girl’s hand for five years.

From: redOrbit on Fri, Jul 08 2011 4:25 PM

If you could find out you were going to develop a deadly condition more than a decade before it happened, would you want to know? There’s a blood test that can predict a person’s risk of heart failure years in advance. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jul 07 2011 1:49 PM

We all respond differently to medicine … and that response could be deadly. Doctors can now look at your DNA to make sure what they’re prescribing is exactly what you need. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:38 AM

50-million Americans suffer with allergies. Now a new treatment placed under the tongue is giving those allergy suffers more relief. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:38 AM

Two new reports from the Centers for Disease Control show high school students don’t get enough exercise and drink too many sugary beverages.

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:38 AM

Four Million Americans are infected with Hepatitis C. The FDA has just approved a new treatment that rids the body of the virus for good! credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:38 AM

Four Million Americans are infected with Hepatitis C. The FDA has just approved a new treatment that rids the body of the virus for good! credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jul 02 2011 1:38 AM

68-thousand people in the U.S. will be told they have melanoma this year. Doctors are now using DNA to stop the spread of this deadly disease. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 30 2011 11:32 PM

Blood pressure changes as we age.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 30 2011 11:32 PM

While other countries have experienced significant gains in life expectancy — a new report finds a majority of counties in the U.S. are lagging behind.

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 30 2011 11:31 PM

It’s a crippling disease that robs people of their ability to use their hands. Now, doctors are snapping hands back into shape…not with surgery, but with a little shot. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 30 2011 11:31 PM

University of Western Ontario researchers Jody Culham and Jason Gallivan describe how they can use a fMRI to determine the action a person was planning, mere moments before that action is actually executed.

From: redOrbit on Wed, Jun 29 2011 9:44 PM

Many adults have ADHD and a lot don’t even realize it. A comedian with the condition is putting on a stage production to teach people to not only recognize the condition, but learn how to live better with it.

From: redOrbit on Wed, Jun 29 2011 9:44 PM

A new discovery could reverse the devastating effects of stroke hours, even days, after the brain is injured. credit: ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jun 25 2011 1:13 PM

Cold hands can be a sign of a severe circulatory problem. We’ll show you how one woman almost lost her hand because of it, and how doctors were able to save it. We warn you, this video is graphic, but very memorable. credit: Ivanhoe

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jun 25 2011 1:13 PM

The FDA recently announced new testing and labeling for sunscreens, starting next year.