Global opioid sales increased by an estimated 4% annually from 2015 to 2019, but massive disparities in access to essential pain relief medications persist between countries, finds a study led by UCL...

This past month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released a study examining how Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19...

The ongoing pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections has caused hundreds of millions of documented cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with over six...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers tracked the rapid shift from the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant of concern (VOC) Omicron...

In children, the rare disorder cold urticaria (coldU) tends to persist for years and carry an elevated risk for anaphylaxis, a study from Canada reports. ColdU often affects young adults but can occur...

Here are three facts that, we suspect, not many people in this country would feel comfortable discussing or even acknowledging. One: in 2020 alone, 3169 Australians died by suicide. Two: suicide remains...

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Hillary Clinton announced on Tuesday evening that she has tested positive for COVID-19. The...

The motivation driving the work of Pete Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., is personal. His grandmother, Sylvia Becker, died with Alzheimer's disease, and he says his mother then grew terrified of developing...

Mayo Clinic researchers say senolytic drugs can boost a key protein in the body that protects older people against aspects of aging and a range of diseases. Their findings, which are published in eBioMedicine,...

COVID-19 continues to be a diminishing issue for U.S. children, as the number of new cases declined for the ninth consecutive week, based on data from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s...