You can expect to see the usual suspects in terms of COVID-19 symptoms this December: Cough, fever, fatigue, sore throat and sinus congestion are some of the most common, with some patients also ...

Almost 40% of Americans will receive a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lifetime — but certain types are more common than others, statistics show. USAFacts, a Washington-based nonprofit that ...

Roughly 1 in 3 adults has metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD. A doctor outlines how to detect ...

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Could our whole theory about the most common causes of death be wrong? Over the past few decades, the focus of public health has shifted from infectious diseases to lifestyle. Now that we have tamed ...

Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published Nov. 2, 2019. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase ...

A pioneering preclinical study has shown that CAR T cell therapy—a personalized form of immunotherapy used in cancer treatment—could be a highly effective tool against atherosclerosis, the condition ...

Hiking and camping fanatics know all too well the risks of a tick bite. Ticks are tiny but carry mighty illnesses, including Lyme disease. They thrive in heavily wooded areas across the U.S. and ...