Health

The Affordable Care Act is now secure in the framework of the nation’s health care programs, and Democrats are eager to leap above and beyond.

This year may be bringing the perfect storm when it comes to deer tick numbers and the danger of Lyme disease and some other scary illnesses the nasty little bloodsuckers bring.

Demand for treatments, everything from teeth whitening to full smile-makeovers, has been higher than pre-pandemic levels, one cosmetic dentist has observed.

Ketchup may solve your summer hair woes — here’s how.

The number of U.S. emergency room visits for suspected suicide attempts by teen girls jumped during the COVID-19 pandemic by as much as 51 percent, according to a report released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Routine sampling program found that samples from the production lot of the cereal “tested above the guidance level for naturally occurring inorganic arsenic”

Federal regulators have approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, leaving patients waiting to see how insurers will handle the pricey new treatment

Health officials have warned since early on in the pandemic that obesity and related conditions such as diabetes were risk factors for severe COVID-19

More than a third of adult Americans missed regular cancer screenings last year, and doctors say a lot of children and adolescents have fallen behind on childhood vaccinations too.

Biogen on Tuesday faced tough questions from Wall Street analysts over the $56,000 annual cost of its newly approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm.

“Desperation should drive funding for Alzheimer’s research, it should not drive the interpretation of scientific evidence,” Karlawish said.

Government health officials have approved the first drug that they say may help slow Alzheimer’s disease

Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV and set back a U.S. campaign to decimate the AIDS epidemic by 2030