Seven rheumatology researchers have authored a paper questioning the utility of the 2024 National Academies’ broad definition of long COVID.

More than 100 million people globally have had a stroke, but there are ways to reduce your risk and spot the signs of stroke ...

Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a cardiologist and public health campaigner based in London, says Americans' foods are fueling chronic diseases. He shares his warnings and tips with Fox News Digital.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

Medical terminology has often confused some of the everyday health conditions related to a body part. Several terms, notably ...

Crohn's disease is part of a group of conditions known as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). There are five main types of Crohn's disease, each with its own set of symptoms. Doctors define each ...

including the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, define adult obesity as a BMI of 30 or greater and overweight as a BMI between 25 and 29.9. Recently, an ...

IN the introduction to his comprehensive report on the cholera epidemic of 1848–49, William Farr, 1 that greatest of statistical epidemiologists, wrote, "If a foreign army had landed on the ...

Disease prevention is a procedure through which individuals, particularly those with risk factors for a disease, are treated in order to prevent a disease from occurring. Treatment normally begins ...

Feeling sensations without a physical cause is a type of paresthesia. Potential causes include Parkinson’s disease, anxiety, perimenopause, and schizophrenia, among others. A person may also ...

The new definition also integrates the presence of comorbidities-such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease-into the diagnostic process, ensuring that obesity-related health risks are better ...