Snacking can be an easy way to eat more fiber and boost gut health. Fiber helps fuel the "good" microbes in the gut, which influence overall health. Emily Leeming, a gut-health scientist and chef, ...

A National Institutes of Health scientist is retiring after 21 years on the job, blaming changes made under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kevin Hall, who specialized in ...

Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies. By Gina Kolata Gina ...

The U.S. has held a global leadership position in public health and health science research for decades. In the past 75 years, this research has brought many diseases under control through basic ...

How systemic bias may be holding back vital medical research and care. For the last five years, Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, a physicist and cancer researcher, has fought to fund her cancer treatment ...

Young entrepreneurs and scientists are using advanced technologies including AI to improve diagnostics and access to healthcare services. Jia Haojun first came up with the idea for Deep Principle ...

For a majority of people, the COVID vaccine doesn’t cause adverse health effects — but a small percentage experience chronic symptoms that can last for months or even years. Yale researchers recently ...

It's a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some tissue or organ. The ...

This collection highlights the most downloaded* Nature Communications papers in health science published in 2024. Featuring authors from around the world, these papers highlight valuable research from ...

For International Women's Day NewsMedical speaks with Prof. Dr. Inge Herrmann about her groundbreaking work at the intersection of engineering, material science, and healthcare innovation. She shares ...

Tennessee's health department awarded a $12 million grant aimed at closing health care gaps in rural areas to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The Volunteer State is a national ...