Wildlife enthusiasts say they are relieved after a suspected case of squirrel pox was confirmed to be an alternative - although still fatal - disease. A red squirrel was spotted at Wooler Common, in ...

Most effective drugs for obesity and its complications are semaglutide, tirzepatide, new European guideline says Certain GLP-1 drugs are best for specific complications The non-binding guideline ...

Every week neurologist Victor Sung sees people with Huntington’s disease, a rare and devastating neurodegenerative disorder, at his clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. But last ...

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Nick Benz-Bushling never imagined that managing his son’s mental health care would turn into a real-life horror story. After years of struggles, 16-year-old Johnathan attempted suicide in February.

Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...

Five months after ending development of its own obesity treatment, Pfizer is accelerating its push into the rapidly growing field with a nearly $5 billion acquisition. The COVID-19 vaccine and ...

A gamer seeking financial support for cancer treatment lost $32,000 after downloading from Steam a verified game named BlockBlasters that drained his cryptocurrency wallet. BlockBlasters is a 2D ...

President Donald Trump and his top health aides plan to link a common over-the-counter pain medication to autism and name another drug as a possible treatment for the brain development condition.

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with stage 4 high-grade ovarian cancer in September 2024. I underwent a major surgery after the tumor shrank in March. I see a top doctor at a renowned hospital, and I ...

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For Cherelle Gardiner, the link between her endometriosis and multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnoses, both received in her late 20s, a couple of years apart, has long been clear. “I realised that whenever ...