C Bon Secours. Many people never see a doctor until something is wrong. But when it comes to taking care of your health, ...

Researchers at Boston-based Mass General Brigham developed an Epic tool that identifies older patients at risk for emergency care, readmission or death based on frailty levels. The electronic frailty ...

Teenagers who perceive themselves as overweight are three times more likely to consider self-harming, warns new research. The ...

In the early, busy weeks of President Trump's administration, a new survey shows how Americans would define a healthy America ...

When it comes to achieving healthy body weight, some men might look to what’s average and use that as their goal. For ...

As a precaution, the CDC is urging U.S. healthcare organizations to reinforce Ebola preparedness protocols amid a newly confirmed outbreak in Uganda. The outbreak, caused by the Sudan virus ...

Resilience was assessed using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC); physical health was measured using the SF-36, Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, BMI, and HbA1c levels; and psychiatric ...

Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images Federal health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are essential for keeping ...

The CDC has begun restoring some of the files it ... partly in response to media coverage and concern from healthcare providers. However, some of the restored files are still difficult to access ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada is part of the federal health portfolio. Our activities focus on protecting against threats to public health, preventing and reducing diseases and injury, and ...

However, an evidenced dose-dependent relationship exists between body mass index (BMI) and the risk of NAFLD. We aim to estimate the global and regional prevalence of adolescent NAFLD and related ...

At the CDC, that has led to the removal of public datasets like the Youth Risk Factor Behavioral Surveillance System, which ― as the official CDC website formerly stated ― is “used by health ...