Life Expectancy

Celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz was sworn in Friday as the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Phlebotomy — reducing blood volume — is a common treatment for both cutaneous porphyria and hemochromatosis.

Intermittent fasting has gained a following, in part because of tantalizing hints that it can boost cognition, fend off cancer and even slow aging

WASHINGTON DC, Mar 31 (IPS) - Southeast Asia's major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades. The largest have seen income per capita grow at least three-fold over the past 20 years amid global integration and prudent policymaking.

Life, uh, finds a way.

Taiwan has surpassed Singapore as the happiest place in Asia, according to the World Happiness Report. But what do residents think?

Discover nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases that could also combat mosquitoes and their transmission of malaria.

Public health and science researchers are concerned about the Trump administration's cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reductions in staff and budgets could undermine the nation's ability to respond to threats, they say.

The LA and Long Beach ports are the region's biggest sources of air pollution. Groups representing 400,000 residents say new proposed rules don't go far enough.

Mar 17 (IPS) - As the United States confronts the unflinching demographic piper with the stark facts of reality, the new administration and Congress are denying, disengaging and dismantling.

Published in four parts, this text by the KAPD critiques technological progress and the capitalist form of technology and production methods. Originally published in "KAZ, 1927, No. 48 to 51".

After his insurance company refused to pay for a sleeve gastrectomy, Matthew Smith went south. Way south!

Data from half-a-million people was assessed by the University of Aberdeen research team.

Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth services.

Evolution has equipped us with a triage mechanism (from the French verb 'trier' meaning to sort out): When there is a deficiency of micronutrients in our bodies, they are reserved for short-term survival and reproduction at the expense of disabling DNA repair, which increases the risk of developing chronic disease in the long-term.

by Pierre-Henry Deshayes with Camille Bas-Wohlert in CopenhagenGreenland votes Tuesday in legislative elections following a campaign largely focused on when -- not if -- to cut ties with Denmark without falling into the clutches of the United States.President Donald Trump's at-times threatening rema...

The group, the P.K.K., made its declaration days after its long-imprisoned leader urged the movement to disarm and disband.

Not the other way around.

At 23, I'm fighting a fatal disease that took the life of my brother. I work in biotech and know there are medical advances that might help. Government needs to let us try.