Topic | Health

Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests

Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could…

Maternity services in decline

Pinprick blood test could detect disease 10 years before symptoms appear-|-study finds

Molecular profiles will give detailed snapshot of person’s physiology…

Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s Are Here

New diagnostic kits aim to revolutionize early screening of the…

In the U.S., Heat-Exposed Workers Risk Chronic Kidney Disease

Some experts believe CKD is the first chronic illness directly linked…

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better…

Roxana Chicas design wearable patch for detection of heat exposure

Nurse scientist Roxana Chicas and the Georgia Institute of Technology…

I kept asking: “Why? What did I do?”’ How come so many young, fit, non-smoking women are getting lung cancer?

For decades, lung cancer has been viewed as a disease of older men…

New AI tool can predict a person’s risk of more than 1,000 diseases, say experts

Delphi-2M uses diagnoses, ‘medical events’ and lifestyle factors to…

If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For?

Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology…

Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in UK gene therapy trial

Surgical procedure to treat devastating illness slowed progress of…

The Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging, Even in People Who Never Got Covid

Stress, isolation, and uncertainty appear to have caused the brain to…

World’s ‘oldest baby’ born from embryo frozen in 1994

Parents of boy born in Ohio, US, used ‘adopted’ IVF embryo that had…

Campaign turns in-game deaths into real-life organ donor registrations

Belgian group Reborn-to be Alive uses game mods to turn organ…

Extreme Heat Makes Your Body Age Faster

A study reveals that extreme heat accelerates biological aging even…

Ethnic minorities in England at higher risk of heat-related deaths, says study

Research links poor housing, access to cooling and other economic…

Smoking avatars and online games: how big tobacco targets young people in the metaverse

Cigarettes and vapes are being smuggled into virtual spaces beyond…

Can A.I. Find Cures for Untreatable Diseases—Using Drugs We Already Have?

For many medical conditions, lifesaving treatments may be hiding in…