As per reports, it has been revealed that a federal advisory committee has given green signal to a HIV home test. It is said that if the test also gets approved from the Food and Drug Administration, then it will become the first drug, which will allow people to easily check their HIV status at their homes.

Medical advancements in recent decades have led to a whole new era, with treatments and procedures that were not feasible or even heard of before. The life expectancy has also been raised due to this with people now living for a longer period of time. In a latest medical breakthrough, surgeons in the United States have done what many believed was not possible.

As per a recent research, it has been revealed that one in 25 adults is habitual of sleep walking. In other words, the study researchers mean to underline the fact that sleep walking is a common phenomenon among adults.

A student of psychology at the University of West Georgia met with an accident when homemade zip line snapped and led her left calf open. Aimee Copeland, 24, received 22 stitches, but weeks after it was found that she has contracted the flesh eating bacteria known as Aeromonas hydrophila.

As per reports, it has been revealed that Westchester County is going to witness a rise in the number of Lyme cases. Barbara Savatteri, who is director of infection control at Hudson Valley Hospital Center, said that there are many things, which can be blamed for the rise.

It has been recently announced by Omnicare Inc. that they have to go through, out of court settlement to finish the case against them, being levied by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

Omnicare, which is the nation's largest provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly, said that they have to pay $50 million, as they were found to be distributing controlled substances of which they did not have the license.