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A comprehensive study in The Lancet reveals the global health impacts of 88 risk factors, emphasizing the significant burden of air pollution and high blood pressure.

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have created a scoring model that uses key health indicators to accurately predict recovery for patients who experience kidney failure due to acute kidney injury (AKI), which occurs when kidneys stop working properly and can range from minor loss of kidney function to complete failure.

When it comes to skin cancer, most people think of warnings about sunburn and tanning beds. Thoughts of "cancer genes" or inherited risks are reserved for diseases like breast cancer or colon cancer.

A Norwegian study found that higher potato consumption moderately reduces the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults.

More than 1 in 5 adults in Canada did not have access to primary care, with large regional gaps in access, found new research in CMAJ.

​The UK's asylum process is damaging to the health and wellbeing of people seeking sanctuary - according to a new study from the University of East Anglia.

When cells become tumor cells, their metabolism changes fundamentally. Researchers at the University of Basel and the University Hospital Basel have now demonstrated that this change leaves traces that could provide targets for cancer immunotherapies.

Young adults who find it harder to cope with stress are more likely to develop psoriasis later in life. Low stress resilience when enlisting for military service involves a 31% higher risk of developing psoriasis compared to high stress resilience.

A World Health Organization Essential Medicine, ketamine is widely used at varying doses for sedation, pain control, general anesthesia and as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression.

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, found that girls and boys were affected differently by the pandemic.

A discovery by Simona Stäger's team could help come up with a treatment to the most serious form of leishmaniasis.

An increase in nightmares and hallucinations – or 'daymares' – could herald the onset of autoimmune diseases such as lupus, say an international team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and King's College London.

Homelessness doesn't only happen to young people but also affects older adults in growing numbers, write authors in an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) that describes this emerging crisis.

By converting their data into sounds, scientists discovered how hydrogen bonds contribute to the lightning-fast gyrations that transform a string of amino acids into a functional, folded protein.

Cancer-related studies, including a diagnostic tool for gastric cancer and trends in gallbladder and colorectal cancers, will be presented this week at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2024.

Infertility affects approximately 1 in 6 people in their lifetime worldwide according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

An exceptional $8 million, 10-year philanthropic investment will spearhead new treatments for pancreatic cancer and create a new dedicated research centre at WEHI.

Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with researchers at Central China Normal University, have developed a high-performance perovskite X-ray complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) detector for medical imaging.

The impact of parent-led, infant-directed singing on language development at 24 months.

Whether a coach-supported mHealth intervention can reduce dementia risk factors in high-risk, underserved populations.