More than a third of surgical patients develop complications as a result of their procedure, a new study shows. About 38% of adult patients suffer an adverse event during or following their surgery, researchers reported Nov. 13...

Fourteen percent of the world’s people — more than 800 million — now have diabetes, a doubling of the global rate for the blood sugar disease since 1990, new statistics show. Type 2 diabetes, which makes up...

A trio of risk factors not only increase your risk of stroke, but they also raise the odds that such a stroke will be debilitating, a new study warns. What are these three big dangers? Smoking, having...

An experimental vaccine could offer fresh hope to women diagnosed with an aggressive and hard-to-treat form of breast cancer, new research suggests. The vaccine appears to be safe and effective against triple-negative breast cancer — a type...

THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2024 (HealthDay news) — Don’t think your doctor is always taking your health concerns seriously? You might be right. New research reveals that primary care physicians frequently won’t write down health issues raised by...

Dementia strikes all races, but new research suggests thinking declines in poor seniors are often overlooked. Among a group of more than 200 low-income patients who were treated at community health centers, 3 of 4 had undiagnosed...

Periodontal (gum) disease and diabetes are locked in a grim partnership aimed at undermining your health, experts warn. “Recent research has shown that diabetes is not only a major risk factor for periodontitis but that the relationship...

The blockbuster GLP-1 drug semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) could curb drinking for people battling alcohol use disorder, helping them to avoid crises that require hospitalization, new research shows. Numerous studies had already hinted that semaglutide might act on...

A newly developed AI program can help doctors detect and potentially remove brain cancer that might otherwise be missed during surgery, a new study demonstrates. The AI, called FastGlioma, calculated how much residual brain cancer remained following...

People are at higher risk of schizophrenia if they indulge in psychedelic drugs, a new study warns. Patients who land in the ER following hallucinogen use have a 21-fold higher risk of developing schizophrenia compared to the...