A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. For survivors of the most common type of stroke, called an ...

US health officials announced Friday they were awarding $590 million to Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against influenza, ...

Frank Wampol had a dark realization when he came across some alarming data a few years ago: More than 5,000 male construction ...

Like many rare diseases, fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FLC) mounts a ferocious attack against an unlucky few—in ...

The complexity of the human brain—86 billion neurons strong with more than 100 trillion connections—enables abstract thinking ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, posing a particularly significant ...

The European consortium for Solving the Unsolved Rare Diseases has demonstrated the significance of international ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria may drive blood ...

Bone pain. Joint pain. Bone swelling. These are symptoms that about 1,000 people in the United States begin to feel each year ...

Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles part of a virus. Ideally, the immune system will ...