Obesity elevates the risk of at least 13 major cancers, including those of the breast, colon and liver. It also impairs immune responses that target tumors and are stimulated by cancer immunotherapies ...

Drivers are not the only ones to blame for roadway fatalities. That's the crux of a review article in the New England Journal ...

A multi-institutional team, including physicians and researchers who successfully proposed updates to national guidelines, ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have shown for the first time that a type of human papillomavirus (HPV ...

The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies, promising that ...

Nirsevimab is effective for protecting infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated lower respiratory tract ...

As temperatures rise, California is experiencing fewer deaths from cold temperatures, which outweigh increased deaths from extreme heat. However, hotter temperatures sharply increase emergency ...

Each year, around 2.6 million Americans receive allergy immunotherapies, commonly called allergy shots. These therapies have been available for decades, and they are generally safe and effective.

Women are less likely than men to receive drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS) between the ages of 18 to 40, during women's ...

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer worldwide, and early detection is key to successful treatment. While traditional methods rely on visual inspection and biopsy, researchers are developing ...

New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) finds that prolonged and/or repeated ...