For most of us, death is something we try not to think about — until we’re forced to. But for hospice nurse Julie McFadden, it’s part of everyday life. After years of walking people through their ...

Impaired kidney function was also identified as a key risk factor for heart disease, contributing to about 12% of global ...

Typhus, malaria, polio and measles - throughout history, humanity has been affected by terrible, contagious and sometimes fatal diseases. Erik Ekstrand takes us on a terrifying journey where he lets ...

America is a nation awash in lifestyle diseases, nearly all of which are chronic. From hypertension, which impacts close to half of all adults, to chronic kidney disease, affecting more than one in ...

Heart disease is still the top cause of death in the US, but the types of heart disease killing people are changing, a new analysis has found. While deaths from acute conditions such as heart attacks ...

The discovery that mature skin cells can be genetically reprogrammed to become stem cells – capable of developing into any ...

Inside a nautical-themed office building in Mount Pleasant featuring a giant tide gauge and metal fish sculptures, sit quiet offices where people are working to fight "the worst disease you have never ...

Viruses, wildfires, emissions from manufacturing...the list of natural and man-made airborne contaminants is long. Our air quality is affected by nearby environmental factors, as well as ripple ...

A girl with polio meets one of the first children to get a polio vaccine. Bettmann/Getty Images By Elena Conis Graphics by Sara Chodosh and Aileen Clarke Dr. Conis is a historian of medicine and ...