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Among her 5 decades of accomplishments, Nightingale founded the world's first nursing school and advocated health care for all.

Dozens of wildfires are burning across Canada in May 2024 and sending unhealthy smoke blowing into the northern U.S. again. At the same time, the southeastern U.S. is getting smoke from Mexico, where drought conditions have been fueling fires. Last ...

Singer Amy Winehouse died from alcohol toxicity in 2011, the same year that the American Society of Addiction Medicine publicly recognized addiction as a brain disorder.

Cannabis and psilocybin - used under supervision - have the potential to work better than current pain treatments, but the research into both has long been hindered by federal legislation.

The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care, birthing services, routine reproductive health care and more.

Stigma, fear and cost prevent many patients from getting screened for lung cancer. This can prove deadly for the most vulnerable.

The durability and longevity of teeth lie in the complex interplay between six different tissues, all of which play an intricate role in tooth formation and health.

Practices such as redlining left marginalized groups in more disaster-prone areas with poorer quality infrastructure and more likely to experience prolonged power outages.

Practices such as redlining left marginalized groups in more disaster-prone areas with poorer quality infrastructure and more likely to experience prolonged power outages.

Cancer vaccines have gained much interest among scientists but face a number of hurdles. A new mRNA vaccine for glioma offers a step forward in training the immune system to fight cancer.