Air pollution from heavy traffic may be driving pregnancy complications and health concerns for infants. Researchers who matched more than 60,000 birth records with air-monitoring data found that pregnant patients living in an urban area with elevated...

Pickleball has become wildly popular, but that may be fueling a rise in pickleball-related injuries. “It’s quickly becoming a sport of choice for adults over the age of 50,” said Dr. Brian Cole, an orthopedic surgeon and...

The vast majority of women know a lump in their breast likely signals the presence of cancer, a new survey finds, but that’s not the only sign of the disease. “Screening mammography is our No. 1 defense...

Inflammatory breast cancer is rare, but it’s aggressive, fast-growing and hard to detect early, so it’s important to know the warning signs. The American Cancer Society is working to raise awareness about this form of breast cancer,...

While the hot, dry summer may have offered a break to people with some environmental allergies, that reprieve could be over. Ragweed and mold are in the air this fall. “This summer was good news for people...

A tentative deal has been reached between Kaiser Permanente and its 75,000 health care workers following a three-day strike last week. “The frontline health care workers of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are excited to have...

Older Black women who use chemical hair relaxers may be more likely to develop uterine cancer, new research suggests. Specifically, postmenopausal Black women who reported using hair relaxers more than twice a year or for more than...

Two years after a gene-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a monkey, researchers report the monkey is still alive. “We’re the only group in the field to comprehensively address safety and efficacy of our donor organ with...

For some older women, recurring urinary tract infections — and the antibiotics typically prescribed for them — become a fact of life, but a new study offers a novel treatment that may deliver relief. Called electrofulguration, the...

Following a rocky rollout, more than 7 million Americans have now gotten the newly updated COVID vaccines. Unfortunately, that’s still lagging behind the number who sought booster shots last fall. For the the first updated boosters, 18...