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When choosing an embryo for implantation during in vitro fertilization (IVF), would you consider its chances of developing a health condition? What about traits like creativity, intelligence, or physical fitness?

Lack of access to adequate nutritious food is a worldwide health challenge—it exists for two-thirds of people in low-income countries, and in disadvantaged households in high-income countries, a review of food insecurity’s effect on global health has found.

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, a condition that makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Now she takes more than a dozen prescriptions to manage chronic pain and other symptoms, including insomnia.

A new study by researchers from City St George’s, University of London and the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research, has found that prescriptions of last-resort antibiotics increased across multiple countries during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colorectal cancer is the fourth-most-common cancer in the U.S. and the second deadliest. One in 5 patients is diagnosed with metastatic disease, meaning the colorectal cancer has spread beyond the colon, often to the liver. When surgery isn’t an option, a liver transplant may be a lifesaving alternative. Mayo Clinic is pioneering this approach, combining expertise in oncology and transplantation to offer new hope for patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

Insomnia and vertigo are health conditions so well-known that movies have been named after them.

mRNA vaccines, like COVID-19 vaccines, work better if patients are in a good mood, finds new research by Cardiff University.

As we come into cold and flu season, many of us will be hit by a virus once, twice or even more.

AI-powered, internet-connected medical devices have the potential to revolutionize health care by enabling early disease detection, real-time patient monitoring, and personalized treatments, a new study suggests.

Recent guidelines have restricted aspirin use in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines restricted aspirin to patients under 70, and more recently, the United States Preventive Services Task Force restricted aspirin use to patients under 60. However, heart attack and stroke risks both rise with age, leaving health care providers unsure about when to stop prescribing aspirin, whether it should be used for primary prevention, and which patients would benefit most.