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Image credit: Denis Pobytov / DigitalVision Vectors / Getty When Johnson & Johnson acquired Yale University spinout Halda Therapeutics for US $3.05 …

Scientists have long been intrigued by a question surrounding bats: how can these flying mammals carry viruses capable of causing severe disease …

Audience members toss paper airplanes during the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize award ceremony in Boston, Mass. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption toggle …

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The patient: A 47-year-old woman in Canada The symptoms: The woman underwent a lung transplant to treat interstitial lung disease, which involves …

Takotsubo syndrome is a sudden heart condition that most often affects postmenopausal women and can be triggered by intense emotional or physical …

As respiratory disease season approaches, several medical groups are issuing new vaccination guidelines. Tetra Images/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tetra Images/Getty …

Professional organizations representing pediatricians, family physicians, obstetricians, and other medical professionals jointly released guidelines Wednesday for who should get vaccines aimed at …

Getty Images/Collage by Emily Bogle/NPR Thousands of Americans die every year from a chronically underreported cause: heat. As summer heat intensifies because …

A new theory, published in The Journal of Neuroscience by three scientists in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, …

Competing interests S.L. declares being a GBG Forschungs GmbH employee (CEO). The institution received research grants from Abbvie, AstraZeneca, Celgene, Novartis, Pfizer, …

Simple practices such as mindfulness, gratitude journaling, and optimism training may improve several markers of cardiovascular health within a matter of weeks. …

WASHINGTON — Changing Americans’ nutrition has been among the Trump administration’s most prominent health policies since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became health …

Of the former National Football League (NFL) players who died in recent years, at least 25% had brain changes related to chronic …

Competing interests N.W. is supported by the Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship 108288-2024_PDF and Novo Nordisk Cardiometabolic Fellowship. He has received conference support …

Choosing the diet version of a favorite soda often means consuming non-nutritive sweeteners. These additives provide sweetness without the calories found in …

In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound, but he couldn’t afford the $750 monthly …

Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He …

Nature Medicine, Published online: 30 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04594-1 Health systems must adapt to a new era of obesity treatment.

A combination of omega-3 and low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) performed about as well as antibiotics in a yearlong study of people with …

Common Diseases and Their Commonly Used Medications A Practical Patient-Education Reference Guide Many common medical conditions are treated with well-established groups of …

Naomi Nibishaka crosses the newly constructed pedestrian bridge over a river. She’s on her way to see her son and grandchildren, who …

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Trial design and oversight EPIDAURUS was a prospective, investigator-initiated, parallel-group, open-label, randomized controlled trial conducted at 37 tertiary sites in Germany and …

A very low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet may provide stronger metabolic benefits for people with obesity than either a Mediterranean diet or a low-fat …

CSA-Printstock/Getty Images In the age of weight loss drugs, Instagram face and an endless scroll of Facetuned bodies, it can be difficult …

Much of the focus on the Lindsay Clancy case has been on the reported systemic failures of the mental health system, with …

There are many theories as to how the diabetes drug metformin lowers blood sugar levels, but now, scientists think they’ve discovered the …

The transition from rural Tennessee to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and MIT has been a significant one. As a first-generation student, he did not …

McInnes, I. B. & Schett, G. Pathogenetic insights from the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Lancet 389, 2328–2337 (2017). Article  CAS  PubMed  Google …