Category: Health

Gender-questioning children will have to be at least 11 years old to take part in a clinical trial of puberty-blocking drugs.

This is a MedPage Today story. A patient at Provident Hospital in Chicago allegedly stabbed an emergency physician in the chest. (FOX 32) A physician

African officials must step up financing to respond and develop vaccines for the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

When H5N1 bird flu first began infecting U.S. cattle in early 2024, diagnosis was elusive, because in cows, the disease looked completely different.

The world’s first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive lung transplant was performed at NYU Langone Health.

Instagram use could influence not only how we see our bodies, but also how our brain perceives as “ours” the bodies we inhabit.

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, the Technical University of Munich and Medical Faculty Belgrade, have developed a wearable

The altered presence of tiny fragments of neuronal genes, called microexons, causes hyperarousal in zebrafish. This is the main conclusion of an international study led

In a paper published in Cell, a USC Stem Cell-led team reports a new way of generating a renewable and expandable supply of the progenitor

DNA testing kits are often gifted for Father’s Day, Christmas and special occasions. The idea of learning more about yourself and unearthing some long-forgotten family

An epigenetic “mechanostat” has been discovered that protects tooth-forming progenitor cells from mechanical stress and supports lifelong tissue renewal.

This is a MedPage Today story. A western New York health insurance provider for seniors and the CEO of its medical analytics arm have agreed

How to keep children cool in the heat

Do you suffer from Achoo syndrome? Sarah Keith-Lucas explains this unusual condition.