Health

Lira, Uganda | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has called for urgent expansion of infrastructure and staffing capacity as the facility struggles to manage an increasing number of patients seeking specialised…

Lira, Uganda | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has called for urgent expansion of infrastructure and staffing capacity as the facility struggles to manage an increasing number of patients seeking specialised…

ENTEBBE — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for stronger collaboration between Uganda and the United Kingdom in public health, pharmaceutical manufacturing and medical research, saying such partnerships would strengthen disease prevention, expand local medicine production and improve access to affordable healthcare. The President appealed on Thursday during a meeting with a United Kingdom delegation […] The

Gingival recession is a common mucogingival condition that may develop following orthodontic treatment, particularly in patients with a thin periodontal phenotype and limited buccal bone support. This case report describes the management of multiple mandib…

The Salt Lake County Health Department announced the county's first case of West Nile virus this year.

Even as results from related research were published in the Nature journal, the outcome was never made public by the doctors or their institutions.

A South Carolina research clinic is taking a primary role in the research of a drug that could attack Alzheimer’s disease.

The elusive brainstem is a small, yet critical part of our brain: the slightest damage to it could prove fatal. But how it works is not fully understood today. Indian Scientists at SGBC (Sudha Gopa…

Keeping a regular daily schedule may help reduce pain and depression, especially among older adults with insomnia. Researchers found that consistent times for waking, eating, socializing, and sleeping were linked to better well-being regardless of sleep quali…

Los Angeles County health officials reported a localized outbreak of flea-borne typhus in the Pico-Union neighborhood, where five people have become ill this year.

Oyam, Uganda | Ignite Change Vocational Training Institute has reinforced its commitment to community transformation by extending its impact beyond the classroom through a health and environmental outreach aimed at…

Oyam, Uganda | Ignite Change Vocational Training Institute has reinforced its commitment to community transformation by extending its impact beyond the classroom through a health and environmental outreach aimed at…

A new study links the Mediterranean diet to better mental health and less depression risk after age 50. Learn how this eating pattern supports well-being.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia. Doctors explain key differences between Alzheimer's and other types of dementia.

Smallpox is an age-old scourge with a terrible history.

A patient aged 80 to 84 was the first to die this year in Florida of a confirmed Vibrio vulnificus, better known as the “flesh-eating bacteria,” infection, according to the Florida Department of Health’s data on Thursday.

A single dose of rapamycin reversed nearly every autism-associated brain and behavioral change linked to inflammation before birth in adult mice within just two hours.

Cardiologists reveal the evening habits they recommend replacing to improve blood pressure, alongside other strategies, to support heart health.

Your yearly visit should feel less like a clearance exam and more like a strategy session. Medicine has largely forgotten how to run one, writes Charlotte Grinberg.

A seventh person has died from the Legionnaires’ disease cluster that has terrified Upper East Side residents in recent weeks, The Post has learned.

The amino acid arginine helps keep the human body humming, most notably by synthesizing proteins that carry out a range of cellular processes. It's produced by our bodies and found in common high-protein foods. Low levels of arginine are associated with a num…

Maryland health officials are warning swimmers about the presence of flesh-eating bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay.