Medicine

The test can measure the level of cancer cells in a tissue sample within 15 minutes, quick enough to give surgeons feedback while the patient's still in the operating…

"Normal" levels of vitamin B12 may not be enough to ward off dementia, new research finds. Researchers at University of California San Francisco studied 231 healthy older adults (averaging 71 years of age) who did not have dementia or…

A Texas measles outbreak grows to 124 cases, health officials said Tuesday. File Photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Lotz/U.S. Air Force A Texas measles…

Some medications could have the unintended benefit of reducing dementia risk. That’s according to a recent study by the universities of Cambridge and Exeter, where researchers evaluated several existing drugs to see if they could do…

University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers Károly Mirnics (L) and Zeljka Korade say their newly published review of suspected connections between commonly…

This winter marks five years since the onset of COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that led to a global pandemic and more than 1.2 million deaths in the U.S. To mark the milestone, Pew Research Center…

Kansas lawmakers on Tuesday overrode a veto of the Help Not Harm Act that bans gender-affirming care for minors. Photo Courtesy of the Kansas State Capitol Visitor…

The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns about another pandemic. The virus, named HKU5-CoV-2, is similar to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in that it targets the same human receptor,…

Minority women are less likely than white women to receive a same-day advanced imaging or biopsy after an abnormal mammogram, even though they have similar access to…

If you feel more sluggish during certain times of the day, it could be due to your sleep chronotype. The chronotype affects the body’s natural tendency to be asleep or awake, according to the Sleep Foundation. Knowing and…

Drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% between 2022 and 2023, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. Adobe stock/HealthDay America's…

Two centenarians broke the Guinness World Record for longest marriage of a living couple, as reported by Jam Press and confirmed by LongeviQuest, a database on the life and times of the world’s oldest people. Manoel Angelim Dino, 105,…

At least 29 million illnesses and 370,000 hospitalizations have been related to the flu, as well as 16,000 deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

As the health of Americans comes into sharper focus with the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, women’s health needs to be a priority, says one expert. Functional medicine provider Dr. Austin Lake of Tulsa, Oklahoma,…

An American Cancer Society report found that the risk of death among Black patients is twice that of white folks when it comes to myeloma, prostate, endometrial and…

During active cancer treatment, patients face many smaller battles on the path to remission. One of those lesser-known struggles is a condition known as chemo mouth, a painful side effect of chemotherapy and radiation.For some, chemo…

Overall, people who smoked 11 to 20 cigarettes per day had a 64% increased risk of stroke, compared to a 5.2 times risk with more than 40 smokes a day, results show.…

Two widely touted Alzheimer’s drugs have been shown to enable patients to remain in their homes, living independently, for longer periods of time. Those medications, while effective, are not without their risks and side effects,…

1 of 2 | Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House after he was sworn in on…

Following Pope Francis’ diagnosis of bilateral pneumonia, doctors are speaking about the condition. The Vatican announced the Catholic faith leader’s diagnosis — which was reportedly confirmed via laboratory tests and chest X-rays —…