Glaucoma remains one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States, often progressing silently until vision loss has already occurred. Known as the “silent thief of sight,” the disease ...

Poll finds 69% of Americans worry about affording health insurance, with many skipping medical care due to soaring costs and ...

Dementia poses an increasing global health challenge, and the introduction of new drugs with diverse activity profiles ...

The U.S. government may restrict funding for research that uses human fetal tissue. The move would undermine medical science ...

In early 2022, Stanford medical student Santiago Sanchez set out to organize a campus debate with Jay Bhattacharya — a professor at the university whose outspoken denunciations of pandemic lockdowns ...

As the Trump administration slashes and transforms the National Institutes of Health (NIH), minority health researchers are ...

More than $572,600 in grants are helping Belhaven University migrate into a STEM research center for undergraduate students. Want more WLBT news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our ...

Long-term use of melatonin supplements for sleep may be linked to a greater risk for heart failure, a recent study suggests.

Development of a novel RNA biomarker for prostate cancer detection using seminal fluid and mismatched opioid prescriptions following urologic surgery are among the topics being presented by UCSF ...

Researchers from Mass General Brigham have unveiled the results of a large clinical trial that found that adding the drug evolocumab to patients’ treatment significantly reduced the risk of major ...

UCSF's Chancellor Hawgood urged transition to a "Second Curve" of innovation, leveraging philanthropy, new infrastructure, ...

The team that produced medical guidelines for physicians caring for patients with chronic illness was part of federal ...