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Opinion: Why Casey Means could be the right pick for surgeon general

Our most dangerous epidemic right now is not Covid, it is obesity, and we have the basic tools to fight it.

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Why new wellness-branded energy drinks have health experts worried

The $22 billion energy drink industry is tapping into the aesthetics of health and wellness to reach new demographics and continue its exponential growth.

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Opinion: ‘What do we do with uncertainty?’ A former CDC director’s advice to new physicians and scientists

“The lines between fact, science, and uncertainty are increasingly blurred. Things once treated as dogma are being questioned. Things that were once uncertain are too often handed out as fact.

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An L.A. Doctor’s House Burned. Now He Treats the Fires’ Effects in Neighbors.

A new clinic, opened by a pulmonologist who lost his home in the Palisades blaze, is addressing the health issues developing among people exposed to the fires.

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BorderPlus announces INR 10 Crore scholarship programme for Indian nurses

Training and Support Centre launched in Kochi to assist over 500 nursing candidates with exam prep, documentation, and personalised guidance

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People in mental health crisis waiting up to three days in A&E in England

Royal College of Nursing findings described as ‘a scandal in plain sight’ with with conditions ‘close to torture’Thousands of people in a mental health crisis are enduring waits of up to three

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Have we got the appendix all wrong? – podcast

For a long time the appendix was considered disposable. After all, millions of people have theirs removed each year and go on to live healthy lives.

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STAT+: Appeals court reopens the question of who owns patents for groundbreaking CRISPR discovery

A federal appeals court said the patent office made legal errors in awarding foundational patents for CRISPR-Cas9 to the Broad Institute

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Weight loss jabs in obese children can help avoid mealtime rows, study says

Liraglutide is found to have beneficial impact on weight and families report reduced conflicts around foodGiving obese children weight loss jabs works and could help avoid arguments over mealtimes, ac

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House Committee Proposes Budget Bill With $715B in Medicaid, Other Healthcare Cuts

(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- House Republicans unveiled a budget proposal that includes an estimated $715 billion in cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs over 10 years, although s

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