A neurologist has shared the details of a simple cognitive test you can try at home. The test is reportedly taken by US ...

High cholesterol is a common health condition that can lead to serious complications, but there are ways to spot it without ...

This is the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and ...

Leadership and coordination are needed at the national level to build on the strength of newborn screening programs that test babies for serious health conditions.

A simple urine test was found to detect prostate cancer with greater accuracy than the standard PSA (prostate-specific ...

A new Stanford blood test detects cancer and tissue damage by analyzing rare RNA fragments in the blood. Stanford Medicine ...

Taking vitamin D in the morning can boost your physical and mental health. Nutritionists discuss the science, benefits, and ...

A new report shows up to 7.2 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease, an increase of about 300,000 cases.

The Trump administration's freeze of more than $2 billion in federal research grants to Harvard has disrupted work in a ...

A directive in January from the National Institutes of Health aimed to reduce funding for many of the essential costs that ...

Mental health problems cost the economy billions, but investments in science and research can strengthen our treatments and ...