Having high cholesterol may increase your risk of contracting COVID-19 and of having long COVID.

Selected medical centres from Wollongong in the north to Tura Beach in the south, and west to Goulburn and Jindabyne…

The pandemic saw an increase in the number of food-insecure households with children in America, but what are the consequences? A new study, conducted in mice, is among the first to look at impacts on the brain and behavior of food insecurity apart from other…

Food insecurity has lasting effects on both behavior and brain function in mice. Mice who grew up with food insecurity were more flexible in uncertain situations.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Friday it had started enrolling monkeypox patients in a late-stage study testing Siga Technologies Inc's (SIGA.O) antiviral pill Tpoxx against the disease.

Following the discovery of the virus in yet another county’s wastewater in the vicinity of New York City, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York declared Friday that the state was stepping up its polio-fighting efforts. After the first case of polio in the United …

A recent two-dose vaccination regimen with BNT162b2 and a recent booster dose in adolescents substantially reduced the rate of confirmed infection compared with the internal control groups. Future studies are needed to assess the duration of this protection a…

Risk for atrial fibrillation is greater in women than men after adjusting for height, height and weight, or body surface area

Although developing delirium after a stroke is common, elevated serum C-reactive protein levels may help identify those at highest risk for the condition, new research suggests.

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: The trouble is, although mental health problems such as depression and anxiety are on the rise (and have been for years), the treatments haven't really changed.

Risk for atrial fibrillation is greater in women than men after adjusting for height, height and weight, or body surface area

Kristine Stone, now 38 and living in Renton, Washington, blames doctors refusing her a mammogram for the delay in her diagnosis. But they say it would have added little to her diagnosis.

Pet poisoning from over-the-counter and prescription human medications is much more common than you might think and can be very serious.

The study, published Sept. 7 in The BMJ journal, included over 103,000 French adults who participated in a web-based nutrition study. The average age of participants at the start was 42 years and almost 80% were female.

Hope that malaria could be eradicated forever has been given a boost after new findings from a vaccine trial showed a high-rate of efficacy. Researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have yesterday (September 8) reported new findings from t…

A call for robust COVID-19 testing throughout the pandemic spurred innovative solutions, like processes for self-collecting specimens. How can access to health care be improved through self-collection?

Of people with persistent fatigue and exertion intolerance following COVID-19, nearly half met the strictest diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome.

The governor says... the move will let emergency service workers... midwives... and pharmacists administer the polio vaccine.

A study published this week reported on whether symptoms of anxiety, depression, worry and stress prior to suffering an acute Covid-19 infection might predict post-Covid-19 symptoms, commonly known as “Long Covid.”

There's the old saying in dieting that one must 'breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper,' based on the belief that consuming the bulk of daily calories in the morning optimizes weight loss by burning calories more efficiently and q…

Nicole Alston, now a social worker and grief advocate, says you never really get over grief. She lost her daughter 17 years ago.

Many women with breast cancer say that their diagnosis has had a negative effect on their sex life. But few of these women consider consulting a sexologist.

Another study reveals that some monkeypox patients develop significant neurological problems, including encephalitis, seizures, and confusion.

Experts say they expect the number of hip fractures worldwide to double by 2050, increasing the need for prevention and new treatments