Experts agree that seven to nine hours of sleep is ideal for most adults — but when it comes to your health, the total number of hours might not be the most important factor. In a major new study led ...

A newly developed AI tool can dramatically speed up the search for the genetic causes of rare diseases, a process that often takes years and frequently ends without answers. The tool analyzes how ...

Kuppalli is an infectious diseases physician in Dallas. I went through medical school, residency, and a fellowship in the United States in an era when vaccine-preventable diseases were treated as ...

Whether you’re hauling groceries or swimming faster laps, the amount of vigorous exercise you get matters and can slash your ...

Rare diseases are defined as conditions affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US or less than 1 in 2,000 in Europe. 1-2 While each disease is individually rare, collectively, they represent a ...

Nearly half of all adults have some form of gum disease—and it is not just affecting your teeth. Daniel Thunell, DMD, board-certified periodontist at University of Utah Health, explains the research ...

Diabetes and heart disease can quietly affect sexual health by damaging blood vessels, nerves and hormones.

"We have to stop treating cardiovascular disease as unexpected or inevitable," writes Dr. Sadiya Khan.

A major new international study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, one of the world’s leading medical journals, has revealed that Nigeria carries the highest burden of sickle cell ...

Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne disease researcher, he's conducted fieldwork where ...