A year after approval of the first VNS device for rheumatoid arthritis, many patients are interested and providers in eight ...

Younger adults with severe obesity face significantly increased risk for mortality, while older adults show minimal differences across obesity classes.

A woman with breast cancer underwent mastectomy near a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, which was preserved through careful imaging, planning, and sharp dissection.

Routine primary care dietetic treatment achieves clinically relevant weight loss in one-third of adults with overweight or obesity, a Dutch study shows.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 ...