The thickness of a person’s blood can be a matter of life or death if they contract COVID-19, a new study suggests. Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who have higher blood viscosity are at greater risk of dying...

Medical schools are doing a better job of recruiting minority students, but they still struggle to keep those would-be doctors on the roster. That’s the conclusion of a new study that found minorities were more likely to...

Medical and recreational marijuana use has surged across the United States as more states legalize the drug, but young female athletes may want to think twice before taking a toke. A new study from the University of...

Where pot became legal, car crash deaths rose. In states that legalized marijuana, the rate of car crashes with injuries increased by nearly 6%, while fatal crashes rose by 4%, a new study found. Read more Paintball...

Adults who tear a key ligament in the knee can fare well with a less extensive type of surgery, preliminary research suggests. The study involved patients treated for a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a strong band...

It may not be long before highly sensitive scans might spot Parkinson’s disease in its early stages, researchers report. A disease of the brain that is characterized by shaking hands, Parkinson’s is a condition that worsens over...

MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Adults from the most socially vulnerable counties in the U.S. were more likely to die or experience serious heart problems when hospitalized for COVID-19 than those from less...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says nearly 100 people have now been hospitalized and hundreds have become ill in at least 26 states after consuming a lentil-based product from Daily Harvest. The fallout is mounting for...

For thousands of years, people have used meditation to help diminish their pain – but how the process works has always seemed rather mysterious. Today, advanced brain scan technology has revealed how this ancient practice alters brain...

Even moderate drinking may be related to higher iron levels in the brain — a potentially risky situation for memory and thinking skills, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among nearly 21,000 middle-aged and older adults,...