A pulmonologist discusses the history and influence of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing interpretation and patient care.

Studies are bolstering the idea that air pollution could increase your chances of developing dementia. But there are ways to ...

'When you go to a doctor, you expect to be told what can be done' ...

Chocolate isn’t just something we eat − it’s something we crave, celebrate and even associate with comfort and pleasure. We ...

The working-class Upper Peninsula town of Ishpeming feels betrayed after helping a resident whose terminal cancer claim ...

Improving the gap between your biological age and your chronological age is associated with a lower risk of stroke and improvements in signs of damage in the brain, according to a preliminary study ...

Antiretroviral therapy has shifted HIV from a fatal to a chronic condition. But neuropsychiatrists say it is imperative for people living with the virus to start treatment immediately as the "duration ...

For Claire Dougherty, every cocktail with friends became an exercise in pain tolerance. The 22-year-old had no idea a stabbing pain was the first sign of a potentially deadly illness.

The health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has tapped into an old debate about how much doctors should know about nutrition ...

Breast cancer mortality has decreased in high-income countries but increased in lower-income ones — a stark divide in outcome in the most common cancer among women worldwide.

Over the past decade or so, interest in holistic health and in women taking charge of their own wellness has risen on a national level. This has coincided with the release of more studies on risks of ...

At the elegant Suntree Country Club, community members gathered for a well-attended lunch-and-learn centered on one vital topic: heart health.