Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans, some because they don't get to choose
Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage—the private ...
Do vowels have colors? According to some with synesthesia, yes.
It's hard to pinpoint when synesthesia, the rare neurological condition where a stimulus that affects one sense prompts a ...
Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, but many children are deficient
You've likely heard about vitamin D's important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other ...
People are getting costly stem cell injections for knee osteoarthritis, but we don't know if they work
More than 500 million people around the world live with osteoarthritis. The knee is affected more often than any other joint, ...
Why do women get 'reassurance scans' during pregnancy? And how can you spot a suspicious provider?
Recent media coverage in the Nine newspapers highlights a surge in non-medical ultrasound providers offering "reassurance ...
Healthy nutrition and physical lifestyle choices lower cancer mortality risk for survivors, study suggests
In 2022, the American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its nutrition and activity guidelines for cancer survivors, recommending ...
World-first guidelines developed for complicated UTIs in children
A new guideline on complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) could redefine treatment in Australia and globally.
Study helps explain how laughing gas could fight treatment-resistant depression
Although a plethora of medications and therapies now exist for major depression, roughly one in three diagnosed patients ...
Key differences between visual and memory-led Alzheimer's discovered
Differences in the distribution of certain proteins and markers in the brain may explain why some people first experience ...
A failed fragile X syndrome drug can reduce cocaine use, clinical trial finds
A team of pharmaceutical researchers at Novartis Biomedical Research, working with an international team of associates, has ...