Many people with sickle cell disease don’t receive adequate treatment to ease their pain and are subjected to racial discrimination…
Despite decades of starts and stops, new treatments and key genetic discoveries are giving researchers great hope for slowing…
Genetic testing can help take the guesswork out of finding the right treatment. For certain diseases. To an extent.
As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane…
Only time and data will tell whether the CDC-recommended reformulated shots can stand their ground against the ever-changing…
Researchers still don’t know how well BA.2.86 will evade immunity or whether it will cause more severe disease than its…
Among young children, adolescents and adult women, anemia strikes 1 in 3 globally. Most cases are driven by dietary iron…
Researchers found that children exposed to secondhand smoke had higher than average levels of lead in their blood.
Heat pumps can be 400% more efficient than a gas furnace.
Cardiovascular disease and cancer share many parallels in their origins and how they develop. Nanoparticles offer one potential…
Hypermobility can be painful and lead to frequent injuries and systemic health problems. Unfortunately, many doctors aren’t…
The drug pricing reform may drastically lower prices for some of the most critical life-saving drugs in the long run. But…
Clinical trials have demonstrated the health benefits of cannabis for certain conditions, but many aren’t testing smoked…
A fire and decades of silver and lead mining created the largest contiguous Superfund site in the nation in what today is…
When people taking part in 22 pilot programs across the US got free fruits and vegetables, their health improved.
Naps can be rejuvenating and beneficial to attentiveness and overall health, but the length of naps and the time of day…
Nearly 100,000 US children under age 5 are hospitalized each year for an RSV infection.
Combining psychotherapy with medication can lead to more immediate and enduring results by boosting the brain’s neuroplasticity.
Exposure to screens before bedtime can contribute to chronic sleep deprivation, which raises the risk for anxiety, depression…
Discrimination, isolation and stigma related to sexual orientation or gender identity likely contribute to the higher rates…