After falling for over a decade, the death rate climbed for several years and now is about the same as in 1999.

April 25, 2024 – Getting a standard cholesterol screening may soon involve one more blood test that has been around for decades but is rarely used. Evidence continues to mount showing that the ...

May 1, 2024 – You shouldn’t draw major conclusions about the safety of marijuana amid the recent announcement that federal ...

People with multiple sclerosis who drank a medicine containing gold nanocrystals daily for nearly 3 years got better vision, ...

More than 1 million Americans live with Crohn’s, a chronic and sometimes crippling bowel disease that affects the intestines ...

The surgery, known as RK, was considered a successful tool for correcting vision. But in recent years, many of these patients ...

April 30, 2024 – In recent weeks, COVID-19 forecasters have reported on a new set of variants picked up in wastewater surveillance. Nicknamed FLiRT, they’re threatening to cause a new wave of ...

May 2, 2024 – When does old age begin? Evidently, it depends on who you ask. And when you were born. For millions of people born between 1952 and 1974, the line in the sand between middle and old age ...

Although nowhere near the tens of thousands of cases seen in a 2022-23 outbreak, Mpox cases are up the first few months of ...

"Game Changer Vehicles" – mobile medical units in a roving RV – are helping to bring cancer screening to where it's needed.

May 1, 2024 – Makenna was eager to get an appointment with a gynecologist after moving to a new city and getting what she ...

Weights, aerobics, and … Wegovy? Some in the fitness industry are moving to dispense the popular GLP-1 medications to club ...