HHS, Department of Education call for integration of nutrition education in medical schools

Maternal stress during pregnancy may be partly to blame for childhood eczema, according to a study on mice published in the journal Nature.

Stroke survivors at increased risk of developing dementia do not have therapies to reduce that risk, but new Monash University-led research could help change that.

The Food and Drug Administration's COVID-19 vaccine approval issued Aug. 27 comes with restrictions on who's eligible to receive the vaccine. Meanwhile, the administration has endorsed seasonal influenza vaccines—but only if they do not include the mercury-based preservative thimerosal.

"Ozempic face." Five years ago, if you'd heard those words you would probably think it referred to an alien species.

Australian GPs are not adequately monitoring for adverse health outcomes in children and adolescents who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs, according to a new study by University of Adelaide researchers.

When we think of child abuse, physical violence or emotional cruelty often comes to mind first. However, the most common form of maltreatment is actually much quieter: neglect.

The anterior insular cortex (aIC) is an important brain region known to contribute to the regulation of emotions, the integration of bodily sensations, decision-making and some other functions. Past studies have linked this brain region to some neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by unusual patterns of thinking and behavior, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and depression.

Researchers at Endeavor Health and Northwestern University have created an artificial intelligence-based tool to help doctors recognize an underdiagnosed, often fatal respiratory syndrome found in critically ill hospital patients. The tool has already identified historical cases with 93% accuracy, and it will soon be piloted for patients in treatment at Endeavor.

With colorful heart, bow, and flower patterns, the backpacks designed by a Philadelphia cancer philanthropy look from the outside just like the dozens of others filling store shelves as a new school year approaches.

A Kentucky lawmaker wants to revisit a previously abandoned idea for the state to fund research of an illegal psychedelic drug for its potential to treat drug addiction.

The demographics of lung cancer change every day. The disease, which directly affects the respiratory system, has long been associated with smokers—but that is rapidly changing.

Premenstrual symptoms affect millions of people across the UK—yet nearly half never seek professional help, according to Cambridge researchers.

A groundbreaking new study led by researchers at the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) has identified that two closely related proteins, RBPMS and RBPMS2, act in tandem to protect the heart's ability to process the genetic information needed for normal heart development and function.

With Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s appointment as Secretary of Health and Human Services under the second Trump administration, a new "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) agenda proposes to radically simplify nutritional guidelines, with news outlets reporting since the spring that a new guideline may be four pages long (as opposed to over 160) and stress that Americans should "eat whole food."

The firing of the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the resignation of several high-profile agency leaders pose immediate challenges to the operations of the nation's premiere public health agency, experts said.

Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson found evidence that a drug that improves the ability to walk in people with multiple sclerosis can also make bone fractures heal faster.

Every 34 seconds, someone in the United States dies from heart disease.

Cardiologists have long known that up to half of all heart attacks and strokes occur among apparently healthy individuals who do not smoke and do not have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes, the "standard modifiable risk factors" which doctors often call "SMuRFs."