As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well. It had one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade. A new strain that dominated the early winter was not well matched to the vaccine, leading to an i…
Some medical staff blamed stress or anxiety for his symptoms and didn’t order any further testing. Now we warn others of the signs of an acoustic neuroma.
Stressful people in your life are linked to faster biological aging, a US study finds. Forced proximity — especially with family — appears to worsen the effect.
Chiropractor-turned-statistician J. Michael Menke exposes the profession from the inside: the pseudoscience, the sales culture, the millionaire coaches, and why “helping 50 percent of patients” is nothing to celebrate.
A trial directly comparing two commonly used blood-thinning drugs found that one carries a lower risk of dangerous bleeding in patients with clots in veins deep in the body, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A study suggests that men who marry intelligent women may experience unexpected health benefits later in life, like lower chances of developing dementia later in life.
People typically die from progressive supranuclear palsy within 7 to 10 years. There is currently no specialized treatment or effective screening for this neurodegenerative disease.
Diagnostic tests are continuing to get better at spotting the earliest signs of dementia, and new research suggests that a simple blood sample could help identify those at most risk, some 25 years before symptoms start showing.
A comprehensive new study suggests that females require a much larger biological and cognitive shift to develop autism than males do. The findings help explain why the condition is diagnosed significantly more often in boys.
Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain.
As Trump political advisers try to move on from vaccine policy debates, MAHA movement insiders push back, calling RFK Jr. supporters vital to GOP's success.
A study in mice concluded that memory problems associated with age may be driven by our gut microbiome and that the vagus nerve may be key to reversing it.