Health

Removing the most dire warning from hormonal therapies to treat menopause is likely the right call, women’s health experts say, but exuberance for the treatments could be getting ahead of the evidence.This article was originally […]

Australia has made major progress in curbing drunk driving. Decades of random breath testing, enforcement and powerful social media campaigns have cut alcohol-related road deaths significantly.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Nearly half of U.S. adults (47%) are worried they won’t be able to afford necessary health care in the coming year, the highest level of concern recorded since West Health and Gallup began tracking in […]

The updated version of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), the global reference system in intensive care medicine used to assess the degree of organ dysfunction in critically ill patients, has recently been published in […]

Bright orange fingers may soon be less common for some snackers.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Researchers led by investigators at Mass General Brigham have discovered that over the last 25 years, heat and cold-related deaths have caused more than 69,000 deaths in the U.S., disproportionately affecting certain populations. The findings […]

Think that kale salad you’re eating is a superfood? Without the right ingredient it might not be living up to its hype. But don’t worry.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Sleek-looking disposable e-cigarettes and candy-flavored nicotine pouches are among a range of new products targeting young people and fueling a new wave of tobacco and nicotine addiction, the WHO warned Monday.This article was originally published […]

More than 22 million people, many of them children, could die preventable deaths by 2030 due to aid cuts by the United States and European countries, new research said Monday.This article was originally published on […]

The link between highly processed modern-day diets and inflammation-related chronic diseases (e.g., cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, poor mental health) has been well-established. But what other factors influence the systemic inflammation and rising rates of […]