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The tiny speckled seeds offer more than a simple nutritional boost.
All told, roughly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or its predecessor—and it's turning us into a nation burdened with illness, experts say.
Millennials are at twice the risk for colorectal cancer compared to Baby Boomers.
This plant-based way of eating is more of a lifestyle than a strict diet and offers a wide variety of health benefits, experts say.
Walking at this pace is associated with a reduced risk of death—regardless of the number of steps taken per day, researchers say.
How’s a patient to smartly navigate the muddy waters of convenient—but confusing—consumer genetics?
Changes to diet, sleep, and exercise along with interventions like relaxation exercises and supplements—could reverse aging, according to research.
Many are quick to point fingers at online mental health startups that launched during the beginning of the pandemic. But there’s more at play, a...
Ketamine, popularly known as the party drug Special K, has recently been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for major depression, but it's not without...
Norovirus is also nicknamed “the cruise ship virus,” as it easily spreads among people in close quarters.
“The second leading cause of cancer death for men is a very survivable cancer," American Cancer Society CEO Karen Knudsen tells Fortune.
Phthalates can be found in “a broad swath” of consumer products, from personal care to food packaging.
A 'more is better' philosophy works for chemotherapy, but not necessarily for newer cancer drugs.
Which comes first, cannabis use or anxiety? It's a chicken-egg dilemma, many experts say.
Karen Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society, lauds Cancer Moonshot’s achievements but says there is no “scientific rationale behind”...
With the help of Axiom 3 astronauts on the International Space Station, a cancer "kill switch" drug may make it to clinical trials before year's end.
The treaty is "mission critical for humanity," the chief of the United Nations' public health agency said Saturday.
"What we’re doing to ourselves in terms of exposure" is "having dramatic effects on subsequent generations," the leader researcher tells Fortune.
Incredibly rare and exotic prion diseases hold uncomfortable similarities with other neurodegenerative conditions we’ve become so accustomed to....
The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer projects 35 million global cancer cases annually by 2050.
Alcohol consumption has been linked to early onset bowel cancer, which tends to be more aggressive and lethal.
The World Health Organization's European region saw fewer than 1,000 cases of measles in 2022. Last year, through November, it saw a whopping 42,200.
The days of "mad cow disease" craze could return—this time, thanks to deer.
New research findings could explain neurologic symptoms that occur during COVID infection and in cases of long COVID—and perhaps far beyond.
Cough, fever, and a stuffy or runny nose could accompany all four conditions. Experts weigh in on how to tell them apart.
Some say that COVID headaches are no different than your run-of-the-mill headache. Others describe it as more of a tension or migraine-type headache.
A longer life doesn't mean a better life.
The issue comes with an enormous economic price tag—potentially $100T or more by 2050, according to some estimates—approximately 1% of the global...
'Disease X' isn't a threat yet, as far as we know. Here are nine other pandemic threats the World Health Organization is keeping a watchful eye on.
Because most people have some immunity to COVID, “we don’t necessarily know how often we’re getting infected,” a WHO spokesperson said.
“Pirola” JN.1 may be the beginning of a new chapter in the pandemic, some experts said. Now its descendants are spawning—and appear to be on a...
"The availability of kinship resources is declining worldwide," one researcher said.
While as little as one injection of penicillin G benzathine can cure syphilis, the shortage prompted U.S. health officials to recommend giving some...
If you’re looking to avoid COVID-19 infection and its potential long-term consequences, you may want to rethink your diet, according to new research...
“We cannot ignore the evidence” that Omicron may be evolving into a more severe form of itself, one researcher told Fortune.
COVID-related ER visits, hospitalizations, and deaths are also on the rise.
In an exclusive interview with Fortune, the WHO's COVID-19 lead said the organization is ready to assign a new Greek letter on a moment’s notice,...
Is “Pirola” JN.1 turning COVID into a gastrointestinal illness? For some people, it’s always been one.
This year's winter respiratory disease season was looking to be a bit of a respite from last year's—until JN.1 took off. Now, it's anyone's best...
All told, roughly half of the U.S. population has diabetes or its predecessor—and it's turning us into a nation burdened with illness, experts say.
This year's winter respiratory disease season looked to be a bit of a respite from last year's—until the new, highly mutated JN.1 COVID variant took...
How dangerous is JN.1, how likely are you to get it, and could it derail your holiday plans? Here’s what you need to know, according to the experts...
The culprit: a hormone that exists throughout the body in low levels, but is produced in the placenta at higher levels during pregnancy.
The tiny speckled seeds offer more than a simple nutritional boost.
Ketamine, popularly known as the party drug Special K, has recently been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for major depression, but it's not without...
Interested? Step one: Put down the smartphone.
We’ll see plenty more pneumonia this year, whether we have a tripledemic, syndemic, or even a singular epidemic. Here’s what you need to know to...
Nearly 290,000 women around the world die in childbirth each year, and a third of those who survive develop a long-term health issue after pregnancy.
Likely behind the trending but misleading “white lung” phrase: a fear that cases of pneumonia of an “unknown origin” in China have spread to...
Swift began training six months ahead of The Eras Tour, running on the treadmill and “singing the entire set list out loud” daily.