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Hepatitis C remains a major cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer worldwide. Although highly effective antiviral medicines can cure most infections, many people remain undiagnosed or untreated because health care systems often fail to reach those at greatest risk.

In the spring, the federal government finalized regulations requiring millions of people who receive Medicaid benefits to prove they're working, volunteering or going to school to keep their coverage.

According to a study conducted in Brazil by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) with participants from the São Paulo Epidemiological Sleep Study (EPISONO 2018), people with hypothyroidism experience more frequent and severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Parkinson's disease affects more than 10 million people worldwide. The disease is characterized by the buildup of abnormal clumps of the protein alpha-synuclein inside brain cells, but scientists have long struggled to understand exactly how these toxic forms of the protein cause

For people living in the northern hemisphere, this summer has been beset by deadly wildfires across parts of Europe, the U.S. and Canada. In the U.K., more than 21,000 hectares (52,000 acres) had already burned by late July 2026 across 66 fires larger than 30 hectares (74 acres),

A sweeping review of more than 350 studies suggests that the protein boom may be overselling what many people actually need. Eating less protein appears to improve metabolism, reduce inflammation and cellular damage, and activate pathways linked to healthier aging and longer life

People in rural communities have long experienced disproportionate levels of chronic disease, driven in part by systemic barriers to physical activity. A new study from North Carolina State University highlights ways some rural communities use strategic investments and community

Optimization models do an excellent job of ensuring products get where they are needed in the most efficient way possible, but those models require an impractical amount of computing power when dealing with large-scale problems—such as distributing vaccines to millions of people.

The study is the most comprehensive review of dementia hospitalizations ever undertaken in the UK. The researchers outline how delayed discharges, lack of communication among NHS staff and hospital environments unsuitable for dementia patients are keeping people in hospital unnec

A prescription form of THC helped many people with PTSD escape recurring trauma-related nightmares, with more than one-third reporting that the nightmares disappeared completely after ten weeks. The results could point toward a long-awaited treatment for one of PTSD’s most distre

Having high blood pressure is associated with greater intentions to follow doctors' recommendations to take medication but lower intentions to make recommended lifestyle changes than among people without high blood pressure, according to a new study published in Hypertension.

Changing how much sweet-tasting food people eat may not change how much they crave or enjoy sweetness after all. In a six-month trial, researchers found that people assigned to high-, low-, or average-sweetness diets showed no meaningful differences in their preference for sweet