People stricken with a severe case of COVID-19 have a higher risk of mental illness in the year following their infection, a new study warns. However, vaccination appears to ward off these effects on mental health, researchers...

Most Americans believe artificial intelligence should be used to improve health care, a new national survey reports. However, many are still a little queasy over some of the implications of widespread AI use, the poll found. The...

A wedding band may be good medicine for men as they age, but not so much for women, new research shows. A three-year study of over 7,600 Canadians aged 60 and older found that men who got...

Suicide rates among female doctors are significantly higher than those of the general population, a new study finds. Female doctors have a 76% higher suicide risk than average folks, researchers found. Male doctors had about the same...

Type 2 diabetes increased by nearly 20% in the United States between 2012 and 2022,  with age, race, income level, obesity and lack of exercise all playing a role in the metabolic disease’s spread, a new study reports....

The first mpox vaccine doses from the United States are set to arrive next week in the Congo, the epicenter of an ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa. The doses come not a moment too soon: Just last...

Eating red meat and processed meat can increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new review finds. Regularly eating 50 grams of processed meat a day — the equivalent of two slices of ham...

A review of U.S. data from 2012 through 2024 finds that when kids get free school meals, there’s a potential for a slight increase in attendance and a lowering of child obesity rates. Even kids from higher-income...

It’s not a replacement for actual psychotherapy, but a newly designed app could help young adults with mental health issues lower their anxiety, researchers report. The app, dubbed Maya, “can be an accessible and impactful tool for...

Just a daily cigarette or two before or during pregnancy endangers the health of newborns, a new study warns. Infants are 16% more likely to suffer major health issues following delivery if their mothers engaged in “light...