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The number of people diagnosed with thyroid cancer has more than doubled worldwide since 1990, fueled by a rise in cases in Asia. The United States accounts for 10 percent of cases worldwide....Read More

“COVID toes” might not be a symptom of coronavirus infection, but instead the result of lifestyle changes during lockdown, two small studies published Thursday by JAMA Dermatology found....Read More

Pregnant women infected with COVID-19 are more likely to require hospitalization and require ventilator support than other women, according to a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More

Just under 4 percent of adults who undergo their first colonoscopy experience complications after the procedure, according to a study published Thursday by JAMA Network Open....Read More

A gradual reopening that gets people outdoors where the new coronavirus is less likely to survive is key to successful containing the COVID-19 outbreak, experts said....Read More

Fewer than 2 percent of Americans purchase prescription medications from sources outside of the United States, despite recent reports of rising drug prices, according to a study published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open....Read More

Adults with inflammatory bowel disease are more than twice as likely to develop dementia than those without IBD, a study published Tuesday in the journal Gut found....Read More

Less than half of the population would need to immune to COVID-19 to develop “herd immunity” to the virus, according to an analysis published Tuesday by the journal Science....Read More

As many as 37 percent of all American adults have metabolic syndrome, placing them at increased risk for heart disease and other health problems, according to a study published Tuesday by JAMA....Read More

Gilead Sciences plans to start clinical trials for an inhaled version of the antiviral remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19, company officials said Monday....Read More