The NHS Health Check is a free service for anyone between 40 and 75 in the UK and it's been found to catch heart disease and ...

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Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington's ...

Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine are providing medication and other aid to fight sickle cell disease ...

I’ve tried everything,” Dr. Nathaniel Chin, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine, ...

Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't always decline in dry periods.

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You can check your blood pressure at home with or without using a digital monitor. Here are the steps you need to measure ...

In exchange for tax benefits they receive, nonprofit hospital groups are required to conduct biennial community needs assessments followed by a plan to address gaps identified through that process.

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Indeed, a recent study published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology found a prolonged ...