Obesity affects more than 4 in 10 people 60 and older, but experts advise caution for seniors considering new weight-loss medications.
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First RSV antibody treatment to protect all infants approved in the U.S.
Regulators approved an RSV antibody treatment for infants that provides vaccine-like protection over the course of a single winter respiratory virus season.
Are posture-correcting devices helpful? Straight talk from experts.
The relationship between posture and back pain is complicated. Experts talk about trendy devices meant to help you sit up straight.
Eli Lilly’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug slows disease, data show
The findings increase the likelihood the medication will be the second treatment approved that alters the course of the disease.
4,000 people in the U.S. die by drowning every year
Every day, two children under 14 die by drowning in the United States, the American Red Cross says. Preventing drowning starts with teaching children to swim, experts say.
4,000 people in the U.S. die by drowning every year
Every day, two children under 14 die by drowning in the United States, the American Red Cross says. Preventing drowning starts with teaching children to swim, experts say.
As pandemic raged, global south lacked vaccines. Never again, researchers vow.
An initiative involving companies and institutes in 15 middle-income countries aims to give them the ability to produce messenger RNA vaccines.
Historic redlining linked to worse cardiovascular health for veterans
Patients living in formerly redlined neighborhoods were likelier to be diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, heart failure, diabetes and COPD.
After child’s suicide, parents can be engulfed in self-blame and guilt
What-ifs after a suicide death can be overwhelming. Parents need to know it’s not their fault, one expert says.
Evelyn Witkin, who studied how cells repair DNA, dies at 102
She received a Lasker Award for demonstrating basic features of the DNA-damage response mechanism, which defends organisms against radiation and other threats.
