For adults with irregular corneas, a four-zone scleral lens demonstrates high effectiveness in improving visual performance, ...

Researchers have uncovered a clue to why immune checkpoint inhibitors—cancer therapies that release the immune "brakes" ...

Your intestine completely rebuilds its inner lining every few days—one of the fastest renewal processes in the human body.

Macrophages are considered the "scavenger cells" of the immune system, but some pathogens exploit these very cells as hiding ...

An international team led by the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim has presented the largest genome-wide ...

Adolescents and young adults in the U.S. are increasingly using popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs alone or in conjunction with ...

Individuals with overweight or obesity can have a higher risk of heart disease despite appearing to be healthy, new research ...

A Mayo Clinic study published in JAMA Network Open found that bringing some or all clinical trial-related activities directly ...

Despite overwhelming evidence of the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine hesitancy intensified during the COVID ...

Patients with chronic illnesses are often praised for taking charge of their own health care, researching treatments, joining ...

Antimicrobial resistance in children is rising globally and will worsen over the next decade, threatening the effectiveness ...

For the first time, Northwestern Medicine scientists have detailed how fall and spring daylight saving time transitions ...