Health

A group of psychologists in Germany recently conducted a study that showed how little time may really be required to calm the body along with the mind, which is key to preventing the negative effects of stress.

By uncovering a broader range of inherited genetic mutations, more widespread use of genetic testing could lead to more individualized cancer therapies, better detection and management of cancer within families and improved survival rates, scientists at the Mayo Clinic have found.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans age 65 or older who are concerned that they are suffering from depression will not seek treatment for it, according to a new national poll.

One promising treatment for severe cases of COVID-19 is antibody therapy, given through infusion of convalescent plasma from the blood of people who have recovered. Johns Hopkins researchers studied the plasma of 126 adults who had recovered from the virus.

Mercy COVID Care @ Home will offer remote, in-home care for patients with mild symptoms who may need low-flow rates of oxygen, offering virtual home monitoring in real time.

Consumers often mistakenly equate the visual attractiveness of food with its nutritional value, a study recently found.

Looking at the results of two common kidney function tests frequently run during adults’ annual physicals may also help doctors to estimate their cardiovascular disease risk, a large international study recently concluded.

Researchers have recently identified multiple supplements marketed as cognitive enhancers that may contain dangerous ingredients not listed on their labels.

Amid a flood of guidelines around COVID-19, seniors’ decisions about holiday celebrations this year may come down to their individual levels of risk tolerance.

Johns Hopkins bioengineers designed tiny, star-shaped microdevices they named “theragrippers,” each about the size of a dust speck, that can latch onto a patient’s intestinal wall and release drugs into the body.