Health

Here’s what researchers who study happiness say about how to enjoy your time off.

Physical therapists recommend the single-leg stance as a top balance exercise for adults 40 and over. Learn how to do it safely for best results.

Do you know how to prep your body for a workout, including what you should eat before, if anything?

The study employs region-specific knockout of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) in either the area postrema or hypothalamus of mice to determine how GIPR agonism and antagonism regulate food intake and body weight via distinct b…

Scientists are increasingly focused on the thymus, an immune gland that naturally becomes less active with age.

As women have fewer children and more periods, heavy menstrual bleeding is becoming more of a health burden.

Skeletal muscle is one of the first tissues to decline with age. This decline can lead to weakness, scarring, fat accumulation inside muscle and the loss of fast-twitch muscle fibers that are important for quick, powerful movements.

Kisubi, Uganda, July 2026 – Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services for People with Disability in Uganda (CoRSU Hospital) has today launched the third edition of the CoRSU Disability Walk, a nationwide fundraising and disability awareness campaign that seeks to raise UGX 400 million to provide life-changing surgical and rehabilitation care for 100 children living with disabilities. The annual […] The post CoRSU Launche

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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government has declared the last Saturday of every month as National Cleaning Day. The mandatory three-hour exercise will require all Ugandans to participate, with no vehicles allowed on the roads and all businesses closed during the period. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja announced the National Cleaning Initiative at the Office … The post Govt declares mandatory National Cleaning Day appe

A young Davis County woman may be the only person in Utah diagnosed with a rare, degenerative disease that she described as a combination of some of life’s most

Most people picture heart failure as something dramatic: crushing chest pain, serious shortness of breath, or swollen ankles that you can’t ignore. But Dr. Dmitry Yaranov, an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist from the US (better known online …

Health workers in the DRC battle a range of obstacles, from infection risk to angry mob attacks.

When an individual is born with genetic defects, there are a few ways to deal with the impact of the faulty genes. The most extreme solution is direct DNA editing to repair the mutation, while the …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is taking a closer look at cyclosporiasis cases in Ohio.

A disease dating back 4,000 years is making its way through Central Florida, where cases of leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, are rising slightly from previous years.

Pet owners should also make sure they're up to date on rabies vaccination.

The spread of avian influenza in Weber County has hampered milk production at several dairies, which prompted officials to declare an emergency.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Beaverton trampoline park is the location of the latest measles exposure in the Portland area. Oregon Health Authority announced Thursday that people who were at Sky Zone Beaverton, located at 10750 SW Denney Road, Building 1, Suite …

A trampoline park in Beaverton was identified as a measles exposure site on Thursday, according to the Oregon Health Authority.

The Utah opioid and fentanyl task forces identifiedmedetomidine, a veterinary sedative, in the state's illicit drug supply.Medetomidine was first detected in U

Some everyday habits may raise colon cancer risk over time. Learn what experts say to change and when to ask about screening.

An Arizona resident who had recently traveled internationally has become the state's first confirmed case of a more lethal strain of monkeypox.