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Never being married may raise your cancer risk more than most people realize

A 4-million-case US analysis links never marrying to sharply higher rates of several cancers.

AI taking notes at your doctor’s appointment may be getting your medications wrong

A patient watchdog warns transcription tools are misreading drug names and diagnoses.

7 in 10 cancer patients now survive – a historic high, and the gains are real

US five-year cancer survival has reached 70% for the first time on record.

Is your BMI accurate? Body fat scans get it wrong for more than 1 in 3 adults

When researchers compared BMI with gold-standard body fat scans, one in three "obese" adults were not.

More than 8 in 10 people with prediabetes don’t know it. Do you have these signs?

An estimated 115 million American adults have prediabetes, and most have no idea.

Never being married may raise your cancer risk more than most people realize

A 4-million-case US analysis links never marrying to sharply higher rates of several cancers.

AI taking notes at your doctor’s appointment may be getting your medications wrong

A patient watchdog warns transcription tools are misreading drug names and diagnoses.

7 in 10 cancer patients now survive – a historic high, and the gains are real

US five-year cancer survival has reached 70% for the first time on record.

Is your BMI accurate? Body fat scans get it wrong for more than 1 in 3 adults

When researchers compared BMI with gold-standard body fat scans, one in three "obese" adults were not.

New review suggests nitrous oxide may reshape approaches to treatment-resistant depression

A growing body of research suggests that nitrous oxide may join ketamine at the forefront of rapid-acting antidepressant approaches.

Researchers uncover early bone-health signals hidden in standard tests

A widely used blood test may reveal early shifts in bone strength long before traditional screening detects any problems.

Man suffers stroke after consuming multiple energy drinks

A man in his 50s was admitted with extremely high blood pressure, but doctors were only able to identify the underlying cause later.

The symptom patterns emerging in England’s H3N2 outbreak

England’s winter flu season is hitting unusually early and hard, driven by a fast-spreading H3N2 strain that’s filling hospitals nationwide.

The psychology behind sociopathic behavior and how experts identify it

A growing body of psychological research is uncovering the subtle behavioral patterns that may reveal when someone thinks in markedly different ways from those around them.

New study: This tea variety is the healthiest choice

According to a recent review published in Beverage Plant Research, consumers may be overestimating the health value of popular ready-made tea products like bubble...