Genetic mutation linked to iron deficiency in Crohn's disease patients

Taking antipsychotic medications as prescribed lowers the risk of a car crash for drivers with schizophrenia, according to new research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Measles is on the rise in Canada and poses serious risks to pregnant people and their newborns, yet discussion about how to protect this vulnerable group is notably lacking.

It turns out when teens on TikTok say, "Get ready with me," it can be more harmful than they might realize.

Infants born very preterm spend weeks or even months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) while their immature brains are still developing.

Mold in houses is unsightly and may cause unpleasant odors. More important though, mold has been linked to a range of health effects—especially triggering asthma.

A home device that scans someone's feet as soon as they get out of bed in the morning could keep people with heart failure out of hospital, according to research presented Tuesday at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

Imagine asking a coworker to help you on a project, and although they agree, they suddenly "forget" whenever the deadline approaches. Or a friend saying "you look beautiful today, I barely recognized you," after you show them your new haircut.

In 1821, French physician René Laennec wrote, "A spitting pot I consider as an essential part of the bedroom apparatus." Laennec, who invented the stethoscope, spent his days gazing at his patients' phlegm. In the days before X-rays and blood tests, phlegm was considered a valuable diagnostic tool.

A first-of-its-kind study by La Trobe University has shown the critical contribution surfers make to beach safety in Victoria.

No longer just pet videos and pranks, short-form videos are utilized more and more to share health information. Doctors and researchers are taking to social media networks themselves to encourage regular screenings for disease.

New guidelines to regulate Australia's booming cosmetic procedures industry have been called "tough" and "a crackdown" in media reports this week.

The Coroners Court of Victoria is undertaking an inquest into the deaths of eight aged care residents across six facilities, over a nine-month period in 2021.

Jarno Turunen, senior specialist at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and M.Sc. (Econ), has investigated the effects of shift work characteristics on the sickness absence of shift workers in his doctoral dissertation at the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland.

FA new injection to prevent HIV is expected to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later this month.

A multi-institutional study led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reports one-third of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma remained in remission for at least five years following a single infusion of the CAR-T cell therapy cilta-cel.

Women, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and those from the most deprived communities are less likely to receive treatment after a diagnosis of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis, according to research presented Tuesday at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

The U.S. logged 122 more cases of measles this week—but only four of them in Texas—while the outbreaks in Pennsylvania and Michigan have officially ended.

A new Penn Nursing Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research (CHOPR) study sheds light on the critical factors that help or hinder hospital nurses in providing quality care to socially disadvantaged populations. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, offer vital insights to inform hospital strategies for advancing high-quality, equitable care.