Meanwhile, a new poll has shown that the majority of Americans are significantly worried about their health care costs ...

WASHINGTON—For more than a century, Howard University Hospital has been a lifeline for Washington’s low-income communities, ...

Meanwhile, fewer than half of adults ages 18-34 recognize high cholesterol, obesity, high blood pressure and lack of physical activity as heart disease risk factors. These early warning signs, often ...

HealthDay News — Universal free school meal policies, such as the Community Eligibility Provision, may be associated with improved blood pressure in students, according to a study published online ...

Noncommunicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes are the leading cause of mortality and disability ...

Noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, stroke, and diabetes now cause two-thirds of global deaths, surpassing infections. Experts urge urgent preventive policies to tackle this growing crisis.

Global mortality rates are falling but not among youths and young adults, according to the latest Global Burden of Disease ...

Researchers also estimate that nearly half of all death and disability could be prevented by modifying some of the leading ...

Humans are living 20 years longer since 1950, but rising death rates among adolescents and global health inequities pose new ...

“By 2050, 1.3 billion people are expected to be living with diabetes, and if nearly half don’t know they have a serious and ...

Global mortality rates are falling, but not among youths and young adults, according to the latest Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published in The Lancet today and presented at the World Health ...