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As eastern Congo battles the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record — with nearly 3,800 confirmed cases and more than 1,700 deaths — health officials are confronting another public health crisis: fear of health facilities

For years, the basic bathroom scale has ruled the worldwide weight-loss discussion like a tyrant. But it’s being dethroned for a comprehensive body-composition scan called DEXA, known as the gold standard for bone density tests. Sure, scales can tell us what we weigh, but what we really need to know is whether those pounds are…

Researchers have known for a long time about the positive mental and physical benefits of getting people outside and back in touch with nature, especially for residents of urban and fast-growing metro areas

Jorge Messi, the father of football star Lionel ⁠Messi, died on ⁠Friday night at the age of 68 at a medical clinic in the Argentinian city of ⁠Rosario after a long illness, the footballer’s family confirmed to the Reuters news agency

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EXERCISE ASSOCIATED HYPONATRAEMIA and other physiological stress markers were common among well-trained military personnel completing a five-day high-intensity training course, despite an absence of clinical illness, according to a prospective cohort study of 23 male participants. 

The brain uses 25% of the body’s energy, burning over 500 calories each day. Yet society increasingly glorifies extreme thinness, often through starvation. While this may boost confidence for some people, especially women, its broader effects are often harmful

Wayne State University celebrated a major milestone in the construction of its new Health Sciences Research Building with a steel topping-out ceremony Aug. 4. The event marked the completion of the building’s structural steel framework as the project’s final beam was raised into place

In August 2015, AzucenaReyes dropped her youngest son off for his first day of pre-K while she pushed through intense nausea that she had been dealing with for months. The next day, the nausea was accompanied by strong stomach pain that landed her in the hospital

Neurocrine Biosciences has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial to test the safety and tolerability of NBIP-‘1968, a novel triple agonist drug targeting GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon receptors for obesity treatment. This investigational drug aims to address obesity by engaging three metabolic mechanisms to regulate appetite, energy balance, and glycemic control. The study will involve…