Dr. Perry Hookman

Almost one percent of American children had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a large CDC surveillance study whose lead author called the...

Almost one percent of American children had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a large CDC surveillance study whose lead author called the...

Concerned about recent overdoses of radiation in CT perfusion scans, an FDA official urged imaging practitioners to go "back to basics...

The FDA sent out a nationwide announcement about "the potential side effects of osteoporosis drugs like Fosamax [alendronate]." t...

According to the American Academy of Neurology Television dramas are potentially a powerful method of educating the public so it is a concer...

H.G.H. is among the drugs prescribed some doctors to athletes. The United States, however, determined that potential harm from H.G.H. is so ...

While environmental factors and stress can play roles in stuttering, new research provides further evidence of a strong genetic component....

"Utah hospitals continue to mistakenly leave equipment such as sponges inside patients -- many of them women undergoing obstetrical or ...

At hospitals, gastric distress is a part of the holiday tradition." Indeed, "in the early hours of Thanksgiving...emergency rooms ...

Add anti-depressants to the list of substances that can damage men’s sperm and potentially impair their fertility. According to a study publ...

"Six of the top medical journals published a significant number of articles in 2008 that were written by ghostwriters financed by drug ...

"Internal medicine residents who report higher levels of fatigue, sleepiness, and distress are at greater risk for reporting major medi...

A rapid CT scan of the heart may provide doctors with a more efficient way to diagnose blocked arteries in people complaining of chest pain,...

The number of adults who turn to the Internet for health information has nearly doubled in the past two years, from 31 percent to 60 percent...

Most people know about the two most common idiopathic [cause not known] inflammatory bowel disorders—Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis....

Vitamin B12 deficiency due to metformin is a less common, but potentially severe complication that is often overlooked. Patients at risk for...

1.Hemorrhoids are masses of swollen veins in the lower rectum (internal hemorrhoids) or at the anus (external hemorrhoids). 2.Symptoms of in...

1.Five different hepatitis viruses have been identified: type A; type B; type C; type D, or delta virus; and type E. Type A is probably the ...

According to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, "people who suffer chronic pain may be at higher risk for fall...

"In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS) has decided not to make two more cancer drugs available because of cost....