Malaria kills more than half a million people a year, most of them young children in Africa. Two vaccines are now recommended ...

Back pain is considered chronic if it lasts three months or longer. It can come and go, often bringing temporary relief followed by frustration. Dealing with chronic back pain can be especially trying ...

What Are the Treatments for Chronic Pain? The treatments for chronic pain are as diverse as the causes. From over-the-counter and prescription drugs to mind/body techniques to acupuncture, there are a ...

A senior executive at Estée Lauder died suddenly in February after undergoing a cosmetic filler treatment. The cause was a pulmonary embolism triggered by the procedure. Medical experts point to an ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — An Orlando doctor was sentenced to two years in federal prison on Friday for injecting silicone oil into his patients. According to a release from the Department of Justice, ...

Allstate alleges that a Houston medical network orchestrated a $1.4 million fraud scheme using forged records and phantom treatments. A sprawling fraud operation targeting auto insurance claims has ...

Wrinkle-reducing treatments that use botulinum toxin injectables may also be used to treat chronic migraines. These treatments, known as neuromodulating drugs (such as Botox, Dysport, Xeomin and ...

4 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 5 Department of Pediatrics, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia 6 School of ...

What is a trigger point? A trigger point, also known as a myofascial trigger point, is a painful nodule within a taut band of fascia, a connective tissue that covers your muscles. To the touch, it ...

Trigger point injection (TPI) may be an option for treating pain in some patients. TPI is a procedure used to treat painful areas of muscle that contain trigger points, or knots of muscle that form ...