Next time you reach for that alcoholic beverage, check your medicine cabinet. Consuming alcohol with certain medications can be dangerous and downright deadly.According to a new study by the National Institutes of Health, more than 40 percent of Americans who consume alcohol also take ...

Health officials with the Weber-Morgan Health Department have confirmed the state’s first West Nile-positive mosquitos this summer.Mosquito abatement workers trapped the bugs last week near Riverdale. Local health officials are working to get out a “fight the bite message” along the ...

Summer is officially here and that means kids will be spending a lot of time in the water. While swimming is great fun and great exercise, it’s important for parents to watch for a common, but very painful infection: swimmer’s ear.Swimmer’s ear, also known as Otitis externa, is an ...

Human breast milk is a hot commodity that is emerging as a growing industry, one that states are now seeking to regulate amid a battle for control between nonprofit and for-profit banks that supply hospital neonatal units.[gallery_header ids="1048428"]

Officials in Washington confirmed that a woman died this spring after likely contracting measles at a Washington state hospital. The case is the first measles death in the U.S. since 2003[gallery_header ids="1041188"]

PLEASANT VIEW — Rick Eilander has been told several times during his life that he might not live past the next morning.The soon-to-be 60-year-old is still here, however, and he considers himself nothing short of a miracle.For the past 25 years Eilander has been successfully treated with ...