Apple Watch hypertension app: Experts see benefit despite limitations
Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics.…
‘Heart disease and diabetes contributing heavily’: Chronic illness deaths increased in India, finds Lancet study
India has emerged as one of the countries where the chances of dying from a chronic disease such…
Vaccine critics overlook why newborn hepatitis B shots are routine
It was the late 1980s and the American plan to combat hepatitis B wasn’t working. A vaccine had…
Genes play an active role in shaping the gut bacteria, study finds
New research from the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre has found that genes play an active role in shaping…
Unpublished vaccine study RFK Jr. ally shared with Senate is political theater
On Tuesday, Aaron Siri, personal lawyer and close adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., presented his “smoking gun”…
Study uncovers three-way relationships between gut fungi, genetics and disease risk
A new genome-wide study uncovers evidence of the first three-way relationships between human genetic variation, variation in the…
Study finds links between human genetic variation, gut mycobiome, and chronic disease risk
Clinicians’ ability to diagnose and treat chronic diseases is limited by scientific uncertainty around factors contributing to disease…
Culinary medicine pioneer David Eisenberg on food as means to health
To understand how David Eisenberg became one of America’s greatest champions of culinary medicine, it helps to know…
How does our environment impact our health? Unravelling the exposome
With around 125,000 children and parents enrolled, Generation Victoria — or GenV — is set to become one…
A 15-year study reveals which diets best protect your brain and heart in later life
A major Swedish study finds that what you eat now could shape how many chronic illnesses you face…