Genetic carrier screening is conducted to determine if an asymptomatic person is a carrier for a potentially inheritable pathogenic gene.

Researchers conducted an analysis of data from the Health and Retirement study examining how media use impacts sleep duration and quality in media and use.

Nina E. Hill, MD, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues examined recent trends in HIV PrEP among young adults (aged 18 to 25 years). The analysis included data from the IQVIA ...

Researchers analyzed data from the CDC WONDER Database to assess cardiovascular mortality trends among individuals with hyperlipidemia between 1999 and 2023.

HealthDay News — A federal judge has ruled that transgender inmates in US prisons must continue getting medical care, including hormone therapy and gender-affirming accommodations.

In 2022, the Biden administration issued the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to preserve abortion access for extreme cases in which it was necessary to prevent organ loss. On ...

As the Senate deliberates the ‘Big, Beautiful’ bill, proposed cuts to Medicaid are poised to reduce access to gender-affirming care.

Regular coffee intake linked to higher odds of healthy aging, but no association seen for decaffeinated coffee, tea intake.

Researchers used the US Mortality Database to assess the relationship between hypothyroidism and Alzheimer disease mortality.

The researchers found that depression present in late life and midlife significantly increased the risk for all-cause dementia. HealthDay News — Depression across the life course is associated with an ...

Significant interaction seen for full psoriasis polygenic risk score with waist-to-hip ratio on psoriasis risk.

In a systematic review and meta-analysis of 7 population-based studies comprising 34,454 patients with Barrett esophagus, investigators estimated esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC)-related and ...