Johns Hopkins University-led research has found that obesity, particularly severe obesity, is strongly associated with the ...

A new study presented today at the European Psychiatric Association Congress 2025 reveals that gender plays a significant ...

Authorities in New South Wales and Victoria have been warning the public about worrying cases of heroin overdoses after people thought they had taken cocaine or methamphetamine.

If your child is struggling with certain everyday activities—such as playing with other kids, getting dressed or paying ...

Polio ravaged human bodies for hundreds of years, but the misery began to wane 70 years ago when two polio vaccines developed ...

Endometriosis is a chronic and systemic inflammatory disease where uterine endometrial-like tissue grows outside the uterus.

The warmer weather often means more days spent near the water, whether that's a nearby lake, the beach or a pool. However, for parents and caregivers of children with autism, days by the water can ...

The microbial community living within our large intestine is a highly dense and complex ecosystem. While some of these microbes cause illness and disease (such as bacteria and viruses), others are ...

It's 6 a.m. on a Saturday. You slept terribly and can think only of coffee. Bundled up in your baggiest sweats, hat pulled down over your hair and dark sunglasses for anonymity, you slink into the ...

Men have cared about their appearance throughout the centuries, and ideals of masculinity and "manliness" are ancient—with ...