The "choking game" has potentially deadly consequences, as players are challenged to temporarily strangle themselves by ...

For parents, caregivers and teachers, it's often tempting to base our thinking on a child's development around what we ...

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) affects up to half of all women during their lifetime, and one in eight will have surgery to ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified interleukin-23 receptor (IL-23R) as a significant biomarker of cellular senescence ...

Ever wondered why the color of your snot is different when you're sick? You're probably not the first person to ask this ...

For some people, loneliness can feel overwhelming, especially during winter, but small steps toward connection can make a ...

Reflecting on my mother's decade-long nursing career, I often wonder why so many nurses leave the profession after just a few years.

Cardiovascular disease continues to lead as the primary cause of death across the globe, taking millions of lives every year.

Cardiovascular diseases remain a global health crisis, spurring an urgent demand for innovative diagnostic tools that enable ...

A gesture as simple as a smile can often convey what words cannot. This is part of why nonverbal communication is so central ...

Physician-researchers with City of Hope have developed a way to add features to T cells to help them overcome mechanisms of ...

This year, in addition to more familiar respiratory viruses like influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2, local health experts are also ...