ChatGPT is likely to be hit-or-miss when it comes to figuring out symptoms for a particular illness, a new study says. The AI program has 49% to 61% accuracy when it comes to identifying symptoms associated with...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients might have a higher risk of relapse if their health insurance is stingy with prescriptions, a new study reports. Patients with insurance plans that exclude coverage of some MS treatments have a significantly...

Updated opioid safety labeling is based on new data from two large postmarketing observational studies

Popular freeze-dried fruit snacks sold at Sam’s Club are being recalled because of possible listeria contamination. Doehler Dry Ingredient Solutions, LLC is recalling some 15-count boxes of “Member’s Mark Freeze Dried Fruit Variety Pack” after internal testing...

The Presidential Fitness Test is returning to U.S. schools after more than a decade. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to bring back the program, which aims to improve physical fitness among students. The test...

An Ohio couple has welcomed a healthy baby boy from an embryo frozen for more than three decades, setting what doctors believe is a new world record. Lindsey and Tim Pierce’s son was born last Saturday after...

In a small new study, a handheld saliva-sampling device successfully detected breast cancer 100% of the time, researchers said.  The study only involved 29 saliva samples, and more research is needed.  However, the results remain “very exciting...

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) begin experiencing new health issues up to 15 years before the classic signs of the illness appear, Canadian research shows. “MS can be difficult to recognize as many of the earliest signs...

Findings from a study in mice suggest that using a common artificial sweetener, sucralose, could hamper certain immunotherapy treatments in cancer patients.  However, for folks reluctant to give up the ubiquitous sweetener, the same team of scientists...

Long after floodwaters recede, the impact of flooding on the health of older adults is profound, new research shows.  Rates of hospitalizations for a range of conditions affecting the skin and nervous system, as well as poisonings,...