Little evidence supports the new recommendations for clinical screening for drug use. Do the potential benefits outweigh the potential harms? In the June 9 issue of JAMA, the U.S. Preventive Services...

Anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine taken by Trump does NOT protect people from developing COVID-19 after they have been exposed to someone with the illness, study finds Researchers gave hydroxychloroquine...

Strict adherence to Government COVID-19 lockdown guidelines and overall confidence in government are at all-time lows, according to UCL’s COVID-19 social study of over 90,000 adults during the coronavirus...

(HealthDay)—Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients do not have a higher risk for female genital tract malignancies, according to a study recently published in Digestive and Liver Disease. Maxine...

As Australia starts to emerge from its coronavirus lockdown, authorities are on high alert for any fresh breakouts of the disease. One of the risks we need to keep an eye on is hard to see: the tens of...

Heart disease patients taking evolocumab in addition to a statin to achieve extremely low levels of cholesterol do not show increased incidence of neurocognitive impairments, including memory loss or...

Even before a novel virus swept around the world, Anna Davis Abel wore a mask to protect herself from getting sick. The 25-year-old writer lives with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that makes her...

There are three main types of pain: nociceptive pain, the type we’re most familiar with, from bee stings and ankle strains to inflammatory arthritis. There’s neuropathic pain, arising from...

(HealthDay)—Genetic testing is not better at predicting coronary heart disease risk compared with conventional risk factors, according to a study published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American...

To the nannying gurus telling us to stick to ultra-low-calorie diets during the crisis: Now is NOT the time to give up custard creams It’s a very British tradition that offers comfort in even the...