Category: 6. Health

The healthy habits people adopt and stick with in their 20s and 30s have a massive and direct impact on their risk of a heart attack or stroke decades later, a landmark study says.

Young adults who fail to keep heart-healthy practices can see…

Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered a new way to regulate blood glucose levels using a lab-designed protein, possibly opening the door to a new treatment avenue for people with Type 1…

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health have completed a successful Phase 1 clinical trial of a new vaccine targeting both typhoid fever and non-typhoidal Salmonella…

Mutations that give certain cells an evolutionary advantage may help explain why men are more likely than women and smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop bladder cancer, according to a study by researchers at the University of…

Errors in a gene known to cause a serious neurodevelopmental condition in infants are also linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease in adolescence and adulthood, according to new research.

The study, published in the Annals…

Across disciplines, therapeutic areas, and even continents, Pfizer scientists have been working to advance understanding of – and potential treatments for – cachexia, a complex metabolic condition associated with certain chronic conditions,…

As pediatricians, you stand at the front lines of safeguarding children’s health. Few interventions in medicine rival the profound impact of…