Health warnings first appeared on cigarette packaging 60 years ago. Researchers and health professionals have described tobacco as addictive since the 1970s. Yet nearly 50 million people in the United States—one in five adults—still ...
May 20, 2026
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The new outbreak of a rare Ebola type in Congo and Uganda poses low global risk, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, but responders on the ground described being underprotected and undertrained for a rapidly spreading ...
May 20, 2026
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Vaping education campaigns in Australia may be missing key opportunities to support behavior change, University of Queensland research has found. The paper is published in the journal Tobacco Control.
May 20, 2026
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Reusable catheters are just as safe for patients as single-use ones and do not increase the risk of urinary tract infections, a new study has found.
May 20, 2026
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Researchers have discovered a new method to boost the body's natural ability to fight respiratory viruses, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), one of the leading causes of severe lung infections worldwide.
May 19, 2026
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Obesity is commonly diagnosed using BMI, but this approach has several limitations. Researchers at Lund University and AstraZeneca show that integrating measurements such as body fat percentage and waist circumference captures ...
May 19, 2026
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For the first time, scientists have directly measured how smoking changes the mechanical behavior of human lung tissue. Published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the study, directed by UC Riverside mechanical ...
May 19, 2026
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A study led by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson showed that giving the antibiotic azithromycin did not help preschool children seen in the hospital emergency room with bouts of severe wheezing.
May 19, 2026
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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with more moderate to severe pain following breast cancer surgery and an increased consumption of opioid drugs, finds research published in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.
May 19, 2026
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A new study led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that even people with a high genetic risk for type 2 diabetes can substantially reduce their chances of developing the disease by adopting ...
May 19, 2026
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