Bonus: You probably have the necessary gear in your closet right now.

There is no strong evidence that replenishing hormones after menopause is linked to dementia, according to a sweeping meta-analysis.

Traditionally sleep coaches treat babies. But now more and more anxious, screen-attached grownups are the ones who need nursing.

Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, doctoral student Kristen Gaines opens up a refrigerator full of beetle larvae, hoping to find them dead.

'Not a great time,' one health care provider said. 'Get your flu shot.'

In a striking real-world experiment, flu patients spent days indoors with healthy volunteers, but the virus never spread. Researchers found that limited coughing and well-mixed indoor air kept virus levels low, even with close contact. Age may have helped too…

A researcher is planning on investigating potential treatments aimed at the root causes of type 1 diabetes. At the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Leonardo Ferreira, Ph.D., is taking on type 1 diabetes (T1D) with support from a $1 million grant f…

Higher intake of certain food preservatives, common in processed foods, may be linked to a modest increase in cancer risk.

She's tried to talk to people about other things, but cancer is all they ever want to discuss.

The 'Super-K' flu — otherwise known as the subclade-K variant — is spreading around the globe, including Australia.

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Haemochromatosis is the most common genetic disorder in Northern Ireland and is mostly found in people of Irish and Scots ancestry.

The Summit County Health Department confirmed its first case of measles in a student at South Summit Elementary School.

A major achievement with far-reaching implications for treating deadly skin cancer has been discovered by Tel Aviv University scientists and colleagues.

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The presence of a mysterious red substance has revealed a toxic discovery in a 2,000-year-old grave in southern Ukraine.

You might have high LDL cholesterol and not even know it. We spoke to experts about how to monitor this health stat so you can live a healthier, longer life.

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is a rare but dangerous flu complication that can cause brain damage or even death.

Beet juice lowers blood pressure in older adults if you sip it daily, according to one study. Here, experts explain the connection, plus if you should try it...

Doctors fear this week’s unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children. The Trump administration cut …

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The CDC’s latest virus tracker data shows that respiratory illness activity has climbed to some of the highest levels seen this season.