Health

One-third of Canadian adults aged 55 or older are nutritionally at risk, potentially leading to increased hospital stays, more emergency visits and physician consultations for possible infections, a new study found.

Six out of every 10 people globally lack access to safe medical oxygen, resulting in hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths each year and reducing quality of life for millions more, an international report co-authored by the University of Auckland has found.

Social media can be a great place to catch up with friends, follow favorite celebrities and watch adorable pygmy hippos. But many people also go there for health advice, and few have seen the implications of that from more angles than Dr. Mikhail Varshavski.

Scan any aisle in a convenience or grocery store, and those brightly packaged, bold-lettered, sweet-and-salty options are likely to be ultra-processed.

About two-thirds of Americans are getting too little or too much sleep, risking their health, a new study suggests.

Higher fish consumption is associated with slower disability progression in multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online Feb. 25 in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Seed oils are liquid fats that come from plant seeds. The most notable are derived from canola, corn, cottonseed, soybean, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed and rice bran. Some media influencers have targeted these particular oils as being unhealthy. The issue seems to be how they are processed and the types of fats they contain.

A new government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is preventing cervical cancer in young women.

One in three people worldwide will develop a potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disorder in their lifetime, yet awareness remains critically low. With cases rising rapidly, cardiologists from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) are urging communities and health care systems to “Feel the Pulse” on Pulse Day, 1 March, and take simple steps to raise awareness of these serious but often overlooked conditions.

February is known as the month of love, and it’s also National Potato Lovers Month. It’s the perfect time to talk about one of the world’s most popular (and misunderstood) foods. Potatoes often get a bad rap, but new research shows they can actually play a role in weight loss and improving insulin resistance—especially for people with impaired glucose metabolism.