Health

The scientists involved say the results could mark a turning point in cancer treatment, bringing personalised medicine a step closer.

Growing usage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss is reshaping how consumers shop for food and clothes, according to consulting firm EY-Parthenon.

More than 50,000 people in Europe died this summer from heat, a record high amount, a new study finds

A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is helping significantly reduce the chances that melanoma patients' tumors return

Concerns raised as big private firms buy up care homes and home help fragmenting in England.

Current plans for 6% of eligible patients to get Mounjaro by 2028 unambitious, say MPs.

This summer’s heat was the continent’s deadliest by far this century, according to new peer-reviewed estimates.

New surveys show that increases in premiums and deductibles are forcing people to forgo treatments or doctor’s visits while budgets are strained by higher food and gas prices.

Even naps under 30 minutes raised dementia risk 40% in a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study of nearly 1,000 older adults.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda

Health officials are urgently seeking answers about the origins of a case newly identified in Nigeria, the first in that West African nation.

More Americans are rejecting everything they’ve been taught about food.

The disease, which usually affects cattle, has been identified in a patient who died in early October.

At least 5.9 million U.S. children lived with a parent who used marijuana on most days in 2024, a new study estimates, raising safety concerns.

Could the geometry of our brains increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? It’s a provocative question, but one that some scientists are beginning to explore.

Like 'weeing lava': living with chronic UTIs

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has invited health ministers to an “extraordinary virtual meeting” as Ebola spreads across the continent

Women are sharing their experiences with chronic urinary tract infections on social media in an effort to break the stigma surrounding UTIs.

The agency replied two months later, saying it had “competing priorities,” officials from a coalition of Western states said.

Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active