The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, looked at 201 patients aged between 10 and 18-years-old who had been referred to the hypertension clinic at URMC's Children's Hospital. They found 101 had hypertension, or sustained high blood pressure. Of these, 28 per cent had learning disabilities, well above the general population's rate of five per cent.

Earwax is a helpful and natural part of your body's defenses. It protects your ear canal by trapping dirt and slowing the growth of bacteria. It's not known why some people experience earwax blockage or why earwax blockage often occurs in only one ear.

Although Human Growth Hormone is not a cure for the disease, researchers discovered that it reduced the number of hospitalizations among those who have the disease.

After thoroughly evaluating the evidence to date, Drs. Andrew Bush and Sejal Saglani of the Imperial School of Medicine, in London, think that the true number of problematic asthma cases may be far lower than first thought.

Since flu vaccines are created using chicken eggs, does that mean you and your family are at risk for salmonella poisoning if you get the flu vaccine this year?

It is not unusual to see a newborn appear slightly jaundiced during their first week of life.

With summer heat in full swing all across the country and kids heading back to school athletics, band practice, drill team and the like it is a good time to discuss heat related illnesses and their prevention.

Swimming is one of the best ways to beat the summer heat, but that may also mean that your child will develop a painful swimmer's ear, also known as otitis externa.

From prickly heat to poison ivy, we’ll talk about the ways to treat these summer skin irritations.