Asian American youth reported lower chronic pain rates compared with other racial and ethnic groups, but discrimination was linked to higher rates among those affected.

Women aged 40 years and older have a 50% greater risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) vs men in the same age group, according to study findings published in BMJ Open Respiratory ...

Increasing environmental events driven by climate change and human activity exacerbate allergy and asthma conditions, further compounded by exposure to persistent pollutants like per-and ...

Emergency department (ED) presentations are associated with higher cancer mortality. This study aimed to investigate the ...

Despite an increase in the prevalence of prescribing, only 0.5% of U.S. adolescents with obesity were prescribed an obesity ...

A large cross-sectional study of 12,499 Japanese workers found that higher adherence to traditional or modified Japanese ...

HealthDay News — Food insecurity is a significant burden among U.S. surgical patients, according to a study published online June 18 in JAMA Surgery.

Excess fat mass estimated by waist circumference-to-height ratio predicts the risk of liver damage better than body mass index (BMI) estimated obesity, a new study shows. Waist-to-height ratio is ...

Higher prevalence of prescribing was seen among girls than boys (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR], 2.05), adolescents aged 15 to 17 vs 12 to 14 years (aPR, 2.24), and among those with class 2 or 3 ...

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have determined that a panel of biomarkers can help physicians better understand ...