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Scientists have created a free online tool that calculates a person’s “heart age” based on their risk for cardiovascular disease, using routine health data such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels and whether a person smokes or has diabetes.

Is sex at birth random? Harvard research finds genetics and age may influence gender, challenging the belief that birth sex is like a coin toss.

​​​​An Australian study has found that drinking just one can of artificially sweetened soft drink a day may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 38 percent.​​​

Researchers in Ghent have found that vitamin B1 restores mitochondrial energy metabolism in sepsis, reducing lactic acid buildup and improving survival in mice. When combined with glucose, B1 reprograms metabolism to produce energy.

Researchers have developed a microneedle patch that can help capture cancer biomarkers in the top-most layer of skin, enabling rapid at-home testing for melanoma – the most aggressive form of skin cancer.

Researchers have investigated how four different diets affect the accumulation of chronic diseases in older adults. Just over 2,400 older adults in Sweden were followed for 15 years.

A new swallowable biosensor pill could someday make tracking inflammatory bowel disease as simple as checking the color of your stool.

Researchers have investigated why children respond so differently to oral immunotherapy – commonly used to help children with peanut allergies – and how to make it safer and more effective.

Guselkumab, a medication with a mechanism of action that is new to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment, outperformed an established standard of care in promoting intestinal healing and symptom relief.

A new study suggests that a commonly used type 2 diabetes medication is linked to a higher rate of heart-related conditions compared to medications that hit other targets.