A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more ...

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more dropped, an encouraging ...

Community sporting clubs must rethink how they engage parents if they want to stop the slide in young people dropping out of ...

A UNLV-led team of researchers has co-opted a common kitchen spice to create a new class of cannabidiol (CBD)-like medicines ...

One in four hepatologists in the United States screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use in a survey study conducted by ...

The most reliable predictor of an ex-smoker's relapse isn't strong urges to smoke or low confidence in the ability to stay ...

A new study, led by researchers at the University of Nottingham, has found that combining certain types of dietary ...

South Africa is facing a sharp rise in obesity-related diseases like type 2 diabetes. Between 2010 and 2019, the prevalence ...

A new breakthrough in a rare genetic disease which causes children to age rapidly has been discovered using 'longevity genes' ...

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors used to treat type 2 diabetes are associated with an 11% lower risk of ...

Impostor participants threaten the integrity of health research, and by extension, the policies and clinical decisions built ...

For patients with knee osteoarthritis, aerobic activities such as walking, cycling, or swimming are likely to be the best ...