Category: Health

A BBC investigation finds that a host of areas in England are closing waiting lists and others are rationing care.

“Why do immune cells that are supposed to eliminate viruses suddenly turn against our own body?”

In preclinical studies, researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, have tested a new combination therapy

The pursuit of a longer life may currently be trending for tech bros, but the notion of a fountain of youth, or even immortality, has

A recent study has established clear, practical cutoff points for body fat measurements that are strongly associated with physical performance of male professional soccer players.

Researchers have revealed that viral epidemic potential is not evenly distributed across bat lineages, with transmissibility, virulence, and death burden clustered in specific clades. The

Music can evoke powerful memories and offers a sense of normality for people dealing with illness or death.

Gaslighting, unmet needs, and a sense of being left behind—long COVID patients paint a bleak picture of their experiences with the Aotearoa New Zealand health

Menstrual health remains critically underprioritized in global research and programming, according to a new study titled “Attention to Menarche, Puberty Education, and Menstrual Health Monitoring

New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our cells.

An Osaka Metropolitan University team has used stem cells extracted from adipose, the body’s fatty tissue, to treat spine fractures in rats similar to those

Nitrogen metabolism of gut bacteria can provide health benefits. Specifically, gut microbes metabolize dietary nitrates and nitrites and prevent the formation of cancer-causing compounds called

A poorly characterized protein, historically thought to be a chaperone or enzyme, may actually be a key player in prostate cancer.

My doctor recently recommended that I get a cardiac CT calcium scan to help stratify my risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). So of course I