Category: Health

Demand for medical imaging in the U.S. keeps rising, but the number of radiologists available to read those images has barely budged relative to the

Twin studies have placed the heritability of schizophrenia at roughly eighty percent for decades. Concordance between identical twins, who share the entire genome, does not

A scoping review of 91 studies, combined with a workshop involving 41 experts from six European countries, mapped the spread, biology, surveillance challenges, and potential

Influenza viruses constantly shapeshift to evade recognition by the immune system. This shapeshifting occurs in critical proteins like hemagglutinin (HA), which controls how the virus

In 435,551 UK Biobank participants followed for a median of 15.7 years, overall coffee consumption was not associated with Parkinson’s disease risk, but the relationship

The latest government data shows Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases

Pearl Roche died with dementia weeks after her family struggled to get supplies of her medication.

One menopause specialist says she has seen women with up to 12 times the safe level of the hormone.

NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.

Lucy Shepherd is one of 90 women to take part in a trial helping cancer survivors come off medication.

As child immunisation rates fall across the UK, one clinic in west Yorkshire is taking aggressive steps to boost immunisations

Senescent cells – cells that have stopped dividing but remain metabolically active – can accumulate with age and contribute to chronic inflammation and tissue dysfunction

A region of the brain called the striatum is critical for many cognitive and motor functions, including decision-making, control of movement, habit formation, and processing

Hundreds of families say they have had to wait months or even years for a dementia diagnosis for a loved one.