People with diabetes and obesity are at higher risk for severe respiratory illness caused by viruses, including serious ...

They also don’t directly support behavior change, which Kathryn Ilonka Pollak, PhD, a professor in population health sciences ...

Short-term fruit and vegetable juicing causes microbial shifts in the oral and gut microbiome, but these changes are mostly ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

Early research suggests GLP-1 drugs could prevent or treat Alzheimer's Disease. Results from a big clinical trial could soon ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

To better tailor screening decisions for women 40-49 years old, Kerlikowske uses the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium ...

Just outside New York City’s Central Park Zoo, not far from where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once stealthily deposited a dead bear ...

A 2023 study that included data from nearly 500,000 participants found that adults who slept more than nine hours per day ...

There’s no question that sleep is important for your health. Without enough of it, your risk of developing diseases such as ...

ASC leaders are optimistic about the future, citing opportunities for growth over the next five years, including the migration of cardiology procedures to ASCs and increasing patient interest.

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...