Health

How do you get college students to stop binge drinking? Convincing them it will quickly improve their health, relationships and grades, according to a study....Read More

Researchers have developed a magnetic wire as a quick and effective way to detect cancer early, according to a study of pigs....Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to treat smallpox....Read More

Opioid abuse, as well as increases in HIV, hepatitis C and other infections, can be reduced with routinely screening and treatment when seeking other services....Read More

Wearable devices with motion sensors can predict older participants’ risk of falling, according to a study....Read More

People who are obese but otherwise healthy do do not have an increased rate of mortality, according to a study in Toronto –conflicting with one in Europe....Read More

Women who receive fertility treatments are not at a heightened risk of ovarian, womb or breast cancer, according to large study in Britain....Read More

Smell receptors found throughout the body could help diagnose and treat diseases, including cancer, according to a review of studies....Read More

The NIH’s All of Us project is moving forward, collecting samples for its sprawling biobank at the Mayo Clinic — and it’s not the only project of its type....Read More

Nanoparticle “backpacks” with immune-stimulating drugs successfully helped T cells destroyed solid tumors in a trial involving mice....Read More