As you get older, the muscles your body uses to chew can weaken, which may make enjoying holiday treats like Easter candy…
Policy and legal efforts aim to stop these malicious security breaches, but they are growing more common as hospitals adopt…
The judge’s decision is a win for public health, but the back-and-forth on vaccine policy may undermine the public’s…
The US health insurance system requires that people make strategic and often risky decisions about how much health insurance…
Premature deaths rise during long-term blackouts, and ERs fill up. Knowing who is at risk and some creative solutions can…
Helping patients navigate disability outside the clinic is critical to rehabilitation for physical conditions. People with…
Medical imaging contains a veritable wealth of information that is often missed. One way this can change is for patients…
False claims that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer could, ironically, lead to worse cancer outcomes by undermining a…
Hallucinogenic chocolate bars were removed from six Denver-area gas stations.
Assuming that sex is the key factor defining physical ability may undersell what many athletes are capable of.
The damage from military attacks on cities can fill the air with pollutants that harm the lungs and stress the heart.
For many adults, anxiety may be the only visible symptom. When it fades, underlying ADHD, which may have been masked for…
Controlling the spread of many infections, including measles, depends on trust in public health, which is eroding.
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy aid in weight loss by suppressing appetite. Researchers are looking next at how the…
Black patients were less likely to receive higher doses. This may reflect inequities in health care or misconceptions among…
Different types of alcoholic beverages elicit symbolic cues that can influence the choices a person makes about consumption.
Mobile health clinics are a practical but underused solution to the growing number of maternity care deserts in the US.
The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling…
A lawsuit against Meta and Google avoids the issue of liability for content and focuses on allegations that social media…
Public health depends on long-term planning, and when that planning is interrupted, some programs never recover.