Using a liver stiffness measurement to screen for liver fibrosis in patients with type 2 diabetes could help identify those at an increased risk of all-cause mortality. While liver stiffness ...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness month. According to a study published in January 2026 by the Journal of American Medical Association, colorectal cancer is now t ...

COVID may have killed significantly more people in the U.S. in the first two years of the pandemic than official records indicate, with as many as one overlooked death for every five recorded ones.

The age on your driver's license may not be the same age as the cells in your body. Scientists use something called an ...

The racial gap in maternal mortality is narrowing, driven largely by climbing death rates of white women with no more than a high school education and declining rates for college-educated Black women, ...

Researchers noted that those born between 1970 and 1985 are dying more from colon cancer and cardiovascular disease: "It’s ...

Background Approximately 70% of deaths in Tanzania occur outside health facilities and are often unreported or lack cause of death (COD) information. Consequently, health planning relies on data ...

U.S. counties located closer to nuclear power plants have higher cancer mortality rates than those located farther away, results of a national analysis showed.The study — which accounted for ...

Early-stage prostate cancer rarely causes symptoms, making routine screening the most reliable way to catch it before it ...

While overall life expectancy in the US has improved slightly in the last couple of years, that could change as these ...