“Stay in school” slogans tend to focus on the money, status and freedom that more education can provide. Now there’s another argument for getting as many degrees as you can — having a longer life. The higher...

The old saying “feed a cold, starve a fever” is baloney, doctors say. People fighting off a seasonal respiratory virus need adequate nutrition, regardless of their symptoms, according to advice from the Baylor College of Medicine in...

Exposure to toxic heavy metals could cause middle-aged women to have more health problems as they grow older, a new study finds. The study links toxic metal exposure to women having fewer eggs in their ovaries as...

Folks think of big city life as an ear-blasting festival of noise — taxi horns honking, jackhammers pounding, police sirens wailing and jet planes roaring overhead. But rural residents actually have a higher rate of hearing loss...

Reiterating a warning first issued in November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging Americans to stay away from supplements containing tianeptine, known on the street as “gas station heroin.” The supplements, sold under the brand...

Five of six Chinese children born deaf due to a rare genetic defect now have the ability to hear, thanks to an experimental gene therapy. The therapy involved a hollowed-out virus loaded with a healthy version of...

If you ever find yourself losing weight, even though you’re not dieting or upping your exercise, go see a doctor. It can be a sign of cancer, researchers report. “Unexpected weight loss can come from cancer or...

Ultrasound scans that pick up “microstructural” changes in a woman’s cervix could point to her having a higher risk for preterm birth, researchers report. The scans were done as early as week 23 of pregnancy and could...

THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay news) — It’s been said that closing the toilet lid before flushing can prevent the spread of all germs, by keeping any flush-produced mist in the bowl. But a new study refutes...

A sampling of the last three years of life spent by people who died in 2018 is giving a picture of what dying looks like in the United States. The analysis was conducted by a team at...