Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or B.M.I., according to a new definition of
Deaths from bombs and other traumatic injuries during the first nine months of the war in Gaza may have been underestimated by more than 40
Princess Catherine, wife of Prince William, reported on Tuesday that her cancer was in remission. But what does it mean to be in remission from
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed requiring new nutrition labels on the front of food and beverage products, a long-awaited move aimed at
Among both men and women, drinking just one alcoholic beverage a day increases the risk of liver cirrhosis, esophageal cancer, oral cancer and various types
“We will make Americans healthy again,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has declared. A political action committee that has promoted Mr. Kennedy, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s
The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double over the next 35 years to about one million annually
At Azara Ballet, dancers aren’t expected to make eye contact with the directors and choreographers. If company members need an impromptu break from the harsh
There were more than more than 32,000 cases of whooping cough in 2024, the highest tally in a decade. In California alone, the disease struck
Most American parents hardly give thought to polio beyond the instant their child is immunized against the disease. But there was a time in this
