Can’t decide whether it’s time to quit your job to protect your mental health? Here’s how to tell when it’s the right time to leave, according to an expert. We all have those days when everything at work gets on…

A newly updated clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides recommendations on the use of radiation therapy and systemic therapy after surgery to treat patients with endometrial cancer. The guideline also considers the role of surgical…

Critics declared Colorado’s new quasi-public option a failure this fall, before it was even available for purchase on the state’s Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace. They seized on an October announcement from the state that premiums for individual coverage…

Prenatal Tests Only Lightly Regulated There is no federal agency that checks to ensure that widely used prenatal tests work the way they claim before they’re sold to healthcare providers, ProPublica reports. As many as half of all pregnant women…

Growing human body parts in the lab is a common trope of horror movies and sci-fi books. But growing miniature organ-like tissues in the lab is already within our reach. Researchers from Japan have developed a new approach that enables…

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China may announce 10 new COVID-19 easing measures as early as Wednesday, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, supplementing 20 unveiled in November that set off a wave of COVID easing steps nationwide….

As climate change continues, human cases of rat lungworm disease are anticipated to become more widespread globally, especially in places where the parasite that causes the disease is not yet present. A review paper, led by University of Hawaiʻi at…

Sodium and potassium are minerals that the human body needs at specific levels. A​ recent study shows that consuming high levels of sodium in the diet is associated with cognitive decline. On the flip side, the study suggests that diets…

When it comes to a workout or run, there are a few fitness essentials: good shoes, a decent warm up and plenty of water. We’re often told how important the latter is, to ensure we are replacing the fluids lost…

A group of researchers working at Harvard Medical School has found evidence suggesting that patients who undergo severe COVID-19 infections may experience symptoms of aging in parts of their brains. In their paper published in the journal Nature Aging, Maria…