A new Perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine led by researchers from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute calls for urgent regulatory reforms to address the rising trend of ...

Drought and heavy rainfall also increased the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), particularly among ...

The most detailed study to date on the mechanisms by which a common type of bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, adapts to living on the human body could help improve the prevention, diagnosis, and ...

Research highlights gender-based disparities in lung transplantation, showing women face longer wait times yet achieve better ...

Living in a family where there is genetic risk for dementia significantly affects choices about having children and how to ...

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute have solved a big mystery in cancer research – why cells die in different ...

Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute, UCL, UCLH and Personalis have found that a test to detect circulating tumor DNA can predict lung cancer outcome in a Cancer Research UK-funded study.

Obesity, which affects 650 million people worldwide, influences the development of cardiometabolic diseases and increases the risk of cancer.

A recent population-based study indicates that among children with cancer, those with obesity at the time of diagnosis may face an elevated risk of dying.

Rewards and financial incentives are successful methods to help people quit smoking, according to a new Cochrane review co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health and health policy ...

Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low.

Throughout her childhood, Julia Lo Cascio dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. So, when applying to medical school, she was thrilled to discover a new, small school founded specifically to train ...