Category: Health

While loneliness has been shown to harm one’s health, framing it as a health issue shifts responsibility from society to healthcare, even though healthcare alone

As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to

Modern anticancer medications that combine tumor-fighting drugs with proteins that specifically target cancer cells are a relatively new class of drug, often given to patients

A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, also called a ketogenic diet, can help some people lose weight by forcing their bodies to burn fat for fuel instead

While wearable health sensors are becoming increasingly common, current iterations are awkward to wear.

For many people with Parkinson’s disease, the body stops moving the way it used to. A hand may tremble at rest. Muscles may stiffen.

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that microglia – the main immune cells of the brain – play a critical role in maintaining the

Using computational tools, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a method to predict

The Martin-Hopkins equation to assess low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in blood samples has been used by laboratories in the U.S. and other countries to

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he’s rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops

Calum was poisoned by methanol and has since joined a campaign to raise awareness of the risks

The world’s ‘heritage’ diets could hold vital clues to better health. Writing in Nature Medicine, researchers from 12 countries have launched the World Diet Initiative

Genetic analyses linked BMI-related GLP-1 receptor activation to better mental well-being and lower odds of major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. The findings do not

A new study from a team including University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers is the first to show metabolites produced by certain bacteria in the gut can