A simple digital photograph of the back of the eye can predict a major cardiovascular event—such as a heart attack or stroke—set to happen in the next decade with 70% accuracy, according to research ...

Some patients with highly drug-resistant tuberculosis could benefit from a shorter treatment with fewer drugs, while others ...

The UK's pioneering licensed IVF technique to reduce the risk of mitochondrial diseases carried out in Newcastle has seen eight babies born, research shows.

A new treatment that uses music therapy on dementia wards could improve care and support for some of the NHS's most vulnerable patients.

A new study from Florida State University's Claude Pepper Center and Pepper Institute on Aging & Public Policy has shed new ...

Data released this week by the World Health Organization and UNICEF indicate modest gains in childhood vaccination rates, but ...

Newborns exposed to HIV during pregnancy or birth should receive preventive antiretroviral medication immediately after delivery to reduce the risk of transmission from mother to child.

Hispanic people have an increased risk of peripheral neuropathy compared to white people that cannot be explained by many ...

The human intestine is home to a dense network of microorganisms, known collectively as the gut microbiome, which actively ...

From your phone to your sponge, your toothbrush to your trolley handle, invisible armies of bacteria are lurking on the everyday objects you touch the most. Most of these microbes are harmless—some ...

Aerobic exercise and a high capacity for exercise may protect against metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), also known as fatty liver disease, by increasing the conversion ...