Telehealth is revolutionizing health care in America by making it easier than ever to reach a doctor – but not everyone is benefitting, a new study reports. People with limited English skills are more likely to have...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class 1 recall — its most urgent kind — for an IOS app linked to a specific kind of insulin pump used by people with diabetes. The recall...

Antibiotic-resistant meningitis or severe, long-lasting joint infections: That’s what three U.S. “medical tourists” brought home after seeking out unapproved stem cell treatments in Mexico, according to a new report. The germ involved in all three cases was...

People who eat large amounts of ultra-processed foods have a slightly higher risk of premature death than those who mostly shun the industrially produced eats, a new 30-year study says. Those who ate the most ultra-processed foods...

Colon cancer steadily increased among young people in the United States over the past two decades, with tweens enduring the most dramatic leap in cancer rates, a new study says. The rate of colon cancer grew 500%...

One in every four people age 16 or older with type 1 diabetes may be struggling with an eating disorder, a new review of data on the subject finds. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder in...

Every cold and flu season, folks are flooded with ads for zinc lozenges, sprays and syrups that promise to shorten their sniffles. Zinc might indeed reduce the duration of common cold symptoms by about two days, a...

Though it is a widespread disorder, neuropathy often goes undiagnosed, new research shows, leaving many people at risk of falls, infection and even amputation. Neuropathy is nerve damage that causes numbness and pain in feet and hands. ...

Smoking cigarettes while pregnant has long been known to harm the fetus, but new research shows things get even worse when marijuana is in the mix. The study by a team at Oregon Health & Science University...

A tiny, flexible device that wraps around the spinal cord could be a breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries. The device, developed by a University of Cambridge team, can record 360-degree information and provide a complete...