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Throughout her childhood, Julia Lo Cascio dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. So, when applying to medical school, she was ...

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New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

Despite a big increase in “watchful waiting” in the past 15 years, there’s a new study from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health system shows that overtreatment of prostate cancer persists.

The number of Black and Latino medical students dropped by more than 10% in the first class affected by the US Supreme ...

Psilocybin from "magic mushrooms" has been found in studies to ease the depression and anxiety of individuals with cancer and ...

By 2037, the U.S. may be short 187,000 doctors. Nicole C. McCann and Rochelle P. Walensky propose one way to start addressing ...

Samuel Gilbert and Edward Hensley died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School more than a century ago. The struggle for ...

Jan. 20 is the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States. __ Susan Scarbro stares down a ...