A Nebraska pediatric surgeon found a 5-year-old alone before open-heart surgery. What happened next led to six siblings ...

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A team of University of Kentucky researchers has uncovered a surprising clue in the battle against Alzheimer's disease that could help doctors predict, and ultimately prevent, a common side effect of ...

The philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote in The Origins of Totalitarianism that “a mixture of gullibility and cynicism is ...

A fitness expert’s long-used formula, now validated by orthopedic surgeons, is helping patients heal faster, with stronger tendons and fewer complications.

South Sudan's healthcare system has been so crippled by years of corruption that when a state governor experienced high blood pressure recently, he had to fly to Kenya for treatment.

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The human body runs on chemistry—from the water that regulates temperature to the proteins that carry oxygen and signal cells.

For decades, research universities have relied on federal funding, with no guarantee that it will last. Now their survival may depend on compliance with the government.

Thirty-day mortality of patients with major trauma fell if they received intubation before hospital admission per prediction from a machine learning risk-stratifying model, according to data published ...

For University of North Texas professor Rita Patterson, it's all about balance. The way a body sways is governed by a huge variety of factors ...

The Mediterranean diet is renowned for its health benefits, lowering the risk of everything from heart disease to certain cancers – and now, a new study has another perk for the list: better gum ...