Metformin, a common diabetes drug, curbs weight gain in older people with HIV over 96 weeks, but the effect reverses after treatment stops, a trial finds.

Current or former use of cigars, cigarillos, or pipes increases the risk for lung cancer and may make more people eligible for low-dose CT screening, a study shows.

Systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with an increased risk for venous thromboembolism, with the highest risk occurring ...

An automated MRI measure shows that each extra year the brain appears older than chronologic age is linked to increased ...

Among patients in the ICU, the presence and severity of chronic kidney disease are tied to a higher risk for mortality; among ...

Wait times for potentially curative cancer surgery, which have been climbing steadily for more than a decade, have risen ...

Among individuals with normal BMI, elevated waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio may identify cardiovascular risk beyond BMI.

Patients taking immune-suppressing therapies are at higher risk for neuroinvasive illness from ticks and mosquitoes.

The Quebec government says it has given primary care access to more than 500,000 patients who don’t have a family doctor, but ...

In women with overweight or obesity, eating lower carbs is linked to a healthier target weight and lower waist circumference, body fat, and visceral fat but not to the A Body Shape Index.

In patients with T1D, certain CGM metrics can provide information on the risk for severe hypoglycemia independent of A1c and ...

Burn specialists report serious injuries after children heat gel-filled toys, prompting authorities to warn families against ...