The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in My guess is you keep across the news. You know Andy Mountbatten-Windsor has just had the worst birthday...
The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in My guess is you keep across the news. You know Andy Mountbatten-Windsor has just had the worst birthday...
Our current approach to mental health labelling and diagnosis has brought benefits. But as a practising doctor, I am concerned that it may be doing more harm than good By Gavin Francis. Read by Noof Ousellam Continue...
Bereaved families have the final say as the Covid inquiry completes three years of public hearings.
Figures regularly published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show that cases of measles in England have been rising since the start of 2026. Since 1 January 2026, there have been a total of 158 laboratory-...
If you suffer from persistent foot or lower body discomfort, the solution might be found in your closet rather than your medicine cabinet.
Are boundary lines being crossed all over the place? Or is this actually OK, really?
Colon cancer is now the deadliest cancer for adults under 50, yet it remains one of the most preventable since polyps detected and removed during screening can't turn into cancer later.
As populations age worldwide, the decline of the immune system, a process known as immunosenescence, has become a critical biomedical challenge. This decline leads to increased susceptibility to infections, reduced...
Trader Joe's is recalling several frozen food items after reports that they may contain small pieces of glass.
For women aged 40 years and older with extremely dense breasts, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) with supplemental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) averts additional breast cancer deaths and results in more false-...
A respiratory virus that doesn't have a vaccine or a specific treatment regimen is spreading in some parts of California—but there's no need to sound the alarm just yet, public health officials say.
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a particularly aggressive form of blood cancer that usually progresses rapidly if swift and intensive treatment is not applied. Although the disease can often be contained by...
Younger siblings of peanut-consuming children have an increased risk for peanut sensitization and allergy, which can be mitigated by early introduction of peanuts, according to a study presented at the annual meeting...
Researchers at King's College London have discovered that an immune protein best known for protecting the body against infection also plays an important role in maintaining healthy bones. The research published in...
Clear policies, better training, and survivor advocates can help protect people after violence while letting police do their investigative work in the emergency room, according to researchers from MedStar Washington...
Briton with cancer operated on by doctor located 1,500 miles away using four-armed robot fitted with 3D camera The patient was in Gibraltar. The surgeon was in London. The outcome was a remarkable triumph for remote...
Imagine arriving at a busy location with people moving around and a multitude of visual and other sensory cues vying for your attention. How does the brain integrate such floods of sensory information and reach a...
Testosterone therapy is booming in the U.S., but it might bring higher risks for people undergoing knee replacement surgery, a new study says.
WPI researchers have used a form of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze anatomical changes in the brain and predict Alzheimer's disease with nearly 93% accuracy. Their research, published in the journal...
A study in The Lancet finds that pregnant women in emergency rooms used less Tylenol after President Trump said it could raise their babies' risk of autism. Scientists say there is no proven link.
A new analysis of prescription data found that emergency room orders for acetaminophen for pregnant women fell for weeks after the federal warning.
A team of Korean researchers has, for the first time, developed a technology capable of enabling early diagnosis of major neurological disorders including epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia using only a...
People with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder die on average 10 to 20 years earlier than the general population. The main causes of this are cardiovascular and metabolic diseases,...
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Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have played a central role in an international study that presents a new method to measure biological age—a key factor in predicting health outcomes and understanding the...
For people who have survived a heart attack, the notion of one shot in the arm to help the heart heal, for weeks after, may seem far-fetched. But thanks to a team of researchers, including a Texas A&M University...
Cells in our immune system are best known for providing security against external invaders such as bacteria and viruses. These immune cells also guard against internal threats, including cancerous tumors. Different...
For patients with asthma, receipt of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy for melanoma or renal cell carcinoma is not associated with an increased risk for exacerbations, according to a study presented at the...
Researchers have discovered that non-psychoactive cannabis compounds, CBD and CBG, can significantly reduce liver fat and improve metabolic health. The study reveals that these compounds work by creating a backup...
Here's what doctors say may be behind the surprising link.
Research uncovering the origin of pineoblastoma, a rare pediatric brain tumor, has also revealed a dependency across multiple brain tumor types that share a similar molecular program. Scientists at St. Jude Children's...
Electronic health records (EHRs); insurance claims; patient registries; wearable tech: Never before has health data been so abundant. However, the United States continues to struggle with siloed health data systems...
Imagine a friend meets you at the train station and shows you the way to their house. You need to find your way back on your own. If, afterwards, you only remember the smell of a freshly baked bun from a kiosk or the...
Findings from a study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC–James) support the potential of new...
Could the mysteries of cognition be revealed in the interactions between minds, not just the operation of the brain in isolation? This is the question behind two recent studies by Guillaume Dumas, a professor in the...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 53 medical schools in 31 states will expand their nutrition curriculum to 40 hours. Most medical schools fall short of the recommended 25 hours.
UK Biobank is a major biomedical database and research resource, holding the genetic, health, and lifestyle information of half a million adult volunteers. Its datasets are accessible to approved researchers from...
Smartphone health care applications are widely used to support weight management and broader lifestyle improvement. However, many existing apps primarily emphasize dietary tracking and feedback, while offering...
Herpes simplex virus partially liquefies the tightly packed, gel-like interior of human cell nuclei to copy itself faster, a new study shows. The research centers on how the nucleus of each human cell houses the...
"Nothing will make you feel stronger than pulling something heavy off the ground.”
Muscle isn’t enough. Here’s what you need for a more comprehensive approach to your workouts.
A large study of data from Veterans Affairs finds that people on GLP-1 drugs were less likely to develop substance abuse disorder or overdose.
A recent research study found that a combination of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide and bimagrumab, an antibody that blocks activin signaling pathways, results in greater weight loss while also preserving lean...
The latest generation of football helmets does a better job of protecting players from impacts that can cause concussions, according to new lab tests conducted at the University of Cincinnati. Despite the improved...
Dancing with the Stars alum and mother of two Lindsay Arnold shares how having kids changed her relationship with fitness in the best way.
One of the toughest, most feared exercises in the gym, explained.
Improving the gap between biological age and chronological age is associated with a lower risk of stroke and improvements in signs of damage in the brain, according to a preliminary study published in Stroke, that...
Atrial fibrillation is a common heart condition characterized by a rapid, irregular heartbeat stemming from the heart's upper chamber. It is a leading cause of stroke from clots that form in a small pouch of the heart...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were global concerns that children with cancer might experience delayed diagnoses and disruptions to treatment, which in turn could worsen prognosis. However, a new register-based...
The way menstruation is experienced depends not only on physical symptoms, but also on the social context in which it occurs. A study conducted in Spain with more than 4,000 participants analyzes how menstrual stigma...
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About one in 20 infants worldwide is subjected to physical abuse by a caregiver in their first two years of life. That's the central finding of a new study co-led by researchers from the UBC faculty of medicine and...
When you get better at a skill—recognizing a familiar face in a crowd, spotting a typo at a glance, or anticipating the next move in a game—sensory neurons in your brain become more coordinated, sharing information...
Our immune system relies on T cells to fight infections. But T cells don't just show up and react—first, they train, get a game plan, and coordinate their defenses in lymphoid organs. Researchers have struggled to...
What type of medical intervention is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration across different devices and indications to help treat conditions as disparate as epilepsy, stroke rehabilitation, depression,...
As part of his Maha agenda, health secretary wants schools to incorporate 40 hours of instruction Sign up to the Breaking News US newsletter email Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr unveiled a new effort on Thursday...
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a "Stroke Cognition Calculator," a new tool designed to estimate a person's chance of having thinking and memory problems six months after a stroke. The study,...
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CMA says it wants to ensure market ‘working well for consumers’ as more Britons forced to seek private care The UK’s competition watchdog has launched a review into the £8bn private dentistry market after the price of...
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a drug-and-supplement combination therapy that is capable of reducing the harmful effects of senescent cells—also known as "zombie cells"—in diabetic kidney disease. In...
Overprescribing antibiotics breeds antibiotic resistance. A new tool aims to lower a notably high rate of such prescriptions in Rwanda.
In a recent review, a small group of patients received the injections less frequently but still maintained weight loss and health benefits.
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The new generation of Alzheimer's disease drugs—the first proven to change the course of the disease—typically extend independent living for patients by 10 months. Called monoclonal antibodies, they reduce the...
Three new studies from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) highlight the use and advantages of osseointegration (OI) for individuals with an amputation, in some instances challenging prevailing beliefs about which...
This month is 40 years since host Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, began reporting on health policy in Washington. To mark the anniversary, Rovner is joined by two longtime sources to...
Compulsive traits are tendencies to repeat patterned behaviors. They are often seen in psychiatric conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), addiction and eating disorders. However, these behaviors exist...
Physical therapy (PT) is used in the management of many medical conditions. But variation in rates paid by commercial insurers can contribute to high out-of-pocket costs, leading some patients to underuse or stop PT...
The actor has learned to appreciate the fitness journey—and have fun with it.
Why are adolescents so sensitive to their peers' behavior? And is this sensitivity necessarily negative, as the term peer pressure often implies? In his Ph.D. dissertation, UvA behavioral scientist Andrea Gradassi...
Results of an analysis of health survey data from more than 560,000 U.S. college students concludes that depression symptoms have steadily increased over the past 15 years, particularly among women, minorities and...
Artificial intelligence may be reshaping modern medicine, but when it comes to their own health, patients still want to know a real person is watching the screen. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Michigan...
Each spring, 48 states advance the clock an hour to observe daylight saving time. A new study led by UC Davis neurologist and sleep expert Sasikanth Gorantla shows that the change can lead to more migraines and less...
The chair of the independent commission on social care recommends introducing a full-time dementia tsar, and new fast-track passport system for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND).
Today, small kidney tumors are most often treated with a minor operation in which all or part of the kidney is removed. However, in many cases, these small tumors can be treated with targeted cryotherapy, which...
A team of researchers from Taiwan has developed PanMETAI, an AI-powered platform that analyzes metabolic fingerprints in a simple blood sample to detect pancreatic cancer at its earliest stages—when treatment is most...
Almost 90% of illegal steroids contain unexpected, incorrect or dangerous substances, a Queensland drug testing study has found. ROIDCheck—a project led by University of Queensland researchers—tested the purity of...
A study from the University of Limerick in Ireland has identified the hidden challenges of women living with and managing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). The research led by academics in UL's Department of...
The medical comedy is back on TV after a 16-year break. Now in their 50s, its stars have never loved the show (or each other) more.
Restrictive abortion policies are associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms among women, according to a new 25-year study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The equivalent of...
Baroness Heather Hallett said completing the hearings in under four years was an achievement but critics have questioned its cost.
Under RFK Jr and the Maha movement, Republicans have claimed the mantle – but their actions are full of contradictions On 25 February, in her opening remarks at her Senate confirmation hearing, Casey Means, Donald...
"I didn't want it to detract from anything that we were doing as a team or as individuals," she tells Women's Health in the first episode of the new podcast The Huddle.
Public confidence that career scientists at federal health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are...
A study published in Stem Cell Reports demonstrates that genetically engineered human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can overcome immune rejection in mice with humanized immune systems, surviving for five months in a...
Researchers have found that targeted delivery of messenger RNA (mRNA) can restore sperm production and fertility in genetically infertile male mice. The findings, published in Stem Cell Reports, demonstrate that...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health specialists started using telemedicine much more frequently. Despite many benefits, a new study finds that virtual visits did not make it easier for psychiatrists,...
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have developed an early-stage, experimental "living eye drop" that uses naturally occurring eye bacteria to support corneal wound healing. The proof-of-concept...
Accumulation of the protein tau in the brain is one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. In a paper published in Cell Press Blue, researchers report a previously unknown mechanism that appears to enable the...
With longevity comes the opportunity for an extended sex life, which some seniors find by staying active and open-minded.
Organic food is often presented as a healthier, greener, or more ethical choice. But when people decide whether to pay extra for organic milk, eggs, or vegetables, something else is going on.
A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He didn't set a quit...
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New research from The Ohio State University College of Medicine is the first to objectively measure multisensory losses in COVID-19 patients. "Our goal is to understand why some long COVID patients experience...
A new University of Kentucky study has mapped areas across the U.S. where high rates of diabetes and deaths from diabetes-related cancers overlap. The UK Markey Cancer Center and Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center...
Affecting roughly half a million Americans each year, bacterial infections caused by Clostridioides difficile—commonly known as C. diff—are a serious and persistent problem for patients and hospitals alike. The...
A new online dashboard will give researchers, governments, and the public a real-time picture of the global dengue situation for the first time. The Global Dengue Observatory, developed by researchers at the London...
An increasing number of people worldwide are affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD); according to studies, one in 44 children is diagnosed with it. A central symptom is so-called "social blindness," i.e. the...
A comprehensive new systematic review published in The Journal of Nutrition provides the latest evidence that large-scale food fortification is a highly cost-effective intervention for reducing global malnutrition....
RSV is a significant cause of viral lower respiratory tract infections (VLRTIs) in children, including 50% to 80% of children 5 years old and younger who are hospitalized with bronchiolitis and 40% of those over 12...
What impact does a viral infection have on our memory, attention, and concentration? The COVID-19 pandemic has reignited interest in this question, which has now been extended to other infections such as HIV, herpes,...
Teens who frequently lash out at others may face lasting physical health consequences later in life, according to research published in the journal Health Psychology. The study found that aggressive behavior in early...
Researchers have used brain imaging to show how memories can be reactivated in the brain without them reaching conscious awareness, showing that these memories persist even when we think they have been forgotten....
Touching your tongue to frozen metal must be a rite of passage if you're a five-year-old boy from a cold place. It's possibly more irresistible than hopping in mud puddles or sampling a newly frosted cake. But is it...
Loneliness among older Australians is a growing public health concern, increasing the risk of depression, anxiety, cardiovascular disease, and dementia. New research from Monash University has revealed that older...
Approximately 30 million Americans will experience some form of disordered eating in their lifetime. These conditions, which include anorexia, bulimia and binge eating, also seem to affect about twice as many women as...
As number of cases climbs past 1,000, experts say CDC is not taking obvious steps amid funding cuts Experts say that the Trump administration has failed to take obvious steps to contain the spread of measles, which is...
The way the body responds to standing up can impact health in older age, surprising new research has found. The team discovered that about one-third of people experience a significant drop in cardiovascular output, or...
Gastrointestinal cancer cases are expected to double worldwide by 2050, according to a multi-institutional study co-led by Cedars-Sinai. The projections, based on 2022 data and published in the journal Cancer,...
A new report from Griffith University has found that fragmented medication systems in Australian aged care are driving high rates of medication discrepancies and avoidable hospital admissions—costing the health system...
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have identified a protein called tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) as a potential "switch" that can modulate a type of cancer cell death known as immunogenic...
It's late at night inside a cramped interrogation room. The suspect being questioned may have come straight from working a double shift or maybe they've been sitting at the police station for hours. Exhausted, it's...
"I loved moving my body in new ways and giving 100 percent of my effort—and I was hooked after only a few classes."
The chair of the independent commission on adult social care also says the care system relies on the exploitation of its workforce.
The federal government said the state should do more to fight fraud and is holding back funds. Minnesota officials say the attack is unfair as the state's fraud rate is well below national averages.
Controversial plans to class procedure as potential child abuse in latest guidelines for England and Wales dropped Circumcision has been classed as a potentially harmful practice in new official guidance for criminal...
There is a reason the doctor asks you to cough at your checkup.
President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis forced families into hiding and catalyzed informal medical networks to deliver critical health care services.
Iowa patient advocates say that in the face of federal Medicaid cuts, the state is quietly reducing in-home services that help people avoid being institutionalized. National groups are bracing for similar cuts elsewhere.
