How to Get Ready For Daylight Saving Time

You love it — or loathe it. 

Either way, the clocks jump forward one hour Sunday morning for the start of Daylight Saving Time, providing an extra hour of evening light through Nov. 1. That means one hour less sleep this weekend.

Resetting your body’s internal clock for these seasonal changes can be challenging for f...

Effective Sunscreen Protection Can Cost $40 A Year

Protecting yourself against skin cancer can cost as little as $40 a year, a new study says.

Sunscreens with a sun protective factor of 50 can be purchased as for as little as 4 cents an application, researchers recently reported in JAMA Dermatology.

On the other hand, more expensive versions can cost 17 times as much –...

FDA To Offer Cash Bonuses for Faster Drug Reviews

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) chief says the agency will begin offering bonuses to drug reviewers who complete their work ahead of schedule.

Dr. Marty Makary described the effort as a pilot program during a staff meeting last week. The first quarterly bonus payments could begin going out in August, according to presen...

U.S. Tops 1,100 Measles Cases This Year as Outbreaks Grow

Measles cases are climbing rapidly across the United States, with more than 1,100 infections reported in the first two months of this year, data shows.

As of Feb. 26, 1,136 cases had been confirmed, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That total is already far higher than usual numbers for an entire year...

Chocolate Male Supplement Recalled Over Hidden Erectile Dysfunction Drug

A chocolate male enhancement product is being pulled from store shelves after federal health officials found it contains a hidden prescription drug.

The company — USALESS.COM, based in Brooklyn, New York — is recalling its product called Rhino Choco VIP 10X, according to an alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

New Drug Could Boost Efforts To Wipe Out Sleeping Sickness

A new treatment for sleeping sickness could make it much easier to treat and possibly eliminate the deadly disease.

On Friday, a committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended approval of acoziborole, a drug made by Sanofi. The decision is a key step to making the medicine available in Congo, where most cases occur, and in ot...