Flea-borne typhus infections are on the rise in Southern California: How to protect yourself and your pets

Ultraprocessed foods or UPFs are a growing concern due to their widespread consumption and impact on potential health risks. Most UPFs, particularly those commonly seen in U.S. dietary patterns, are high in saturated fat, added sugars and sodium (salt), the combination of which is often abbreviated as HFSS, and contribute to excess calories.

In addition to being used recreationally, marijuana and cannabidiol, or CBD, one of the cannabinoids produced by the marijuana plant, are thought to have medical benefits, such as helping with chemotherapy-induced nausea, treating epilepsy, relieving pain and helping with a variety of mental health issues.

Early withdrawal of a treatment for patients with a rare kidney disease is possible without relapse, safer for patients and saves the NHS millions of pounds, new research has revealed.

A new study reveals a troubling connection between adverse childhood experiences and children's exposure to tobacco smoke in their homes.

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) is excited to announce the expansion of its Senator Orrin G. Hatch Proton Therapy Center, doubling its treatment capacity and increasing access to innovative, life-saving cancer care for patients in the region, including Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) have published the first rigorous, evidence-based, multisociety recommendations to guide the use of transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) for stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF).

The World Health Organization on Thursday said nearly 100,000 cholera cases had been reported in Sudan since July last year, as it warned of more hunger, displacement and disease to come.

New research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15-19 September) shows that among people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and no previous cardiovascular disease, a clear association exists between a person's self-reported physical activity and their risk of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACE), which includes heart attacks and strokes.

For some patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers like colorectal and pancreatic cancer, chemotherapy can cause severe, sometimes life-threatening side effects in those who carry certain genetic variants that can impact how their bodies process the drugs used to treat their disease.

US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced he is canceling US $500 million (£374 million) of research into mRNA vaccines, citing unproven concerns about their safety and long-term effects.

About 49% of people are unaware of one or more vaccines recommended for them. Further, 86% have not received one or more of these vaccines.

Hunger exists on a spectrum. On the one end is food insecurity, where people are forced to adjust to fewer meals. As food becomes scarce, the body consumes its own reserves. The journey from hunger to starvation starts with a drop in energy levels, then the body breaks down fat, then muscle. Eventually, critical organs begin to fail.

Many major cancers, including those of the lung, breast and prostate gland, spread to the bones as they progress. These bone metastases are often debilitating, even deadly. They are also notoriously resistant to all kinds of treatment, including immunotherapy.

A drug already FDA-approved for asthma was found to nearly eliminate life-threatening allergic reactions to food allergens in mice—a breakthrough that could lead to new protection for millions of people living with food allergies, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Talking therapy offered by the NHS for people with depression or anxiety appears to be less effective for people aged 16–24 than those aged 25–65, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

Americans still get most of their calories from ultra-processed foods, but consumption is trending down among both adults and children, official data showed Thursday.

Recent research shows that lipoedema and its painful, difficult-to-lose fat hurts less when patients are on a low-carb diet.

Imagine hammering a nail into a wall: Your dominant hand swings the hammer while the other holds the nail steady. In a new theory, Cornell psychology scholars propose that everyday tasks like this are responsible for a fundamental aspect of perception in the brain: why one side is specialized to process high-frequency visual information, and the other low frequencies.