Medicine

ROCKVILLE, Md.— Compared to their civilian counterparts, excessive pregnancy weight gain is more frequent among military health care beneficiaries, in...

Odor-causing bacteria in armpits targeted using bacteriophage-derived lysin

Body odor from the armpits comes from bacteria metabolizing sweat produced by the apocrine glands. These bacteria are native to...

Women’s heart disease is underdiagnosed, but new machine learning models can help solve this problem

by Frances Kline

When it comes to matters of the heart, cardiovascular disease in women is underdiagnosed compared to men. A popular scoring...

Follow-up 50 years on finds landmark steroid study remains safe

A new study has found there are no adverse long-term cardiovascular health consequences for the now-adult children of mothers who...

Cost increasingly important motive for quitting smoking for 1 in 4 adults in England

Health concerns are still the primary motive for more than half of those who say they want to stop smoking...

Significant global variation in national COVID-19 treatment guidelines

National clinical guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 vary significantly around the world, with under-resourced countries the most likely to...

Active military service may heighten women’s risk of having low birthweight babies

Active military service may heighten a woman’s risk of having a low birthweight baby, suggests a review of the available...

National Jewish Health researchers identify connection between air pollutants and allergic diseases

A new study by researchers at National Jewish Health published this month in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology...

Treatment from female doctors leads to lower mortality and hospital readmission rates

Patients have lower rates of mortality and hospital readmissions when treated by female physicians, with female patients benefitting more than...

Being treated by a female physician associated with lower risk for death