Category: Health

When should older drivers have to stop driving?

Fox News Digital spoke to Tina Paff, president of Bick's Driving School in Ohio, about how to ensure safety on the road for aging ...

Salmonella-infected cantaloupes leave dozens sick ...

Cantaloupes carrying salmonella have infected more than 40 people across 15 states, including 17 who were hospitalized, U.S. healt...

In the fight against malaria-carrying mosquitoes, ...

Lung cancer cells' 'memories' suggest new strategy...

Research shows that some lung cancer cells retain a 'memory' of the healthy cell where they came from -- one that might be exploit...

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's: Scientists produce hu...

Researchers have identified a protein key to the development of a type of brain cell believed to play a role in disorders like Alz...

Cheap medicines prevented migraine as well as expe...

A new study sheds light on what works best to prevent migraine attacks, and surprisingly, cheaper medicines worked as well as the ...

New study reveals the genetics of human head shape

Researchers have discovered a suite of genes that influence head shape in humans. These findings help explain the diversity of hum...

Kids’ sleep problems could be inherited, new resea...

For the 30% of children who have problems falling or staying asleep, their genes may be to blame, according to a 15-year study pub...

Reducing salt intake by just 1 teaspoon a day has ...

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that cutting just 1 teaspoon of salt per day could have th...

Should you get the COVID and flu vaccines at the s...

Getting the COVID and flu vaccines simultaneously could be safe and even beneficial, according to new study findings — but some do...

COVID and flu vaccine rates are declining for US h...

Fewer U.S. health care workers are keeping up to date on their COVID-19 and flu vaccinations, according to two separate reports th...

Genomic tug of war could boost cancer therapy

Researchers have discovered a 'genomic tug of war' in animal studies that could influence how well certain patients -- or certain ...

How cell identity is preserved when cells divide

A new theoretical model helps explain how epigenetic memories, encoded in chemical modifications of chromatin, are passed from gen...

Division of cells in cell cultures and cancer

If cells in cell cultures grow while being treated with division-suppressing agents, their growth becomes excessive and they perma...

Researchers identify brain center responsible for ...

The boiling frog parable seems to have inspired new research, which identified a brain pathway responsible for rapid-threat detect...

Study proposes new framework to identify keystone ...

Microbial communities are thought to contain keystone species, which can disproportionately affect the stability of the communitie...

Mom loses limbs to flu, study shows risks of sitti...

The Fox News Health Newsletter brings you trending and important stories about health warnings, drug shortages, mental health issu...

People with obesity burn less energy during day

A study found people who have a healthy weight use more energy during the day, when most people are active and eat, while those wh...

Exposure to air pollution in utero may affect repr...

From invisible wafts of diesel exhaust to sun-choking plumes of orange smoke, air pollution is known to damage respiratory well-be...

Can gene expression predict if a brain tumor is li...

Doctors often prescribe radiation along with surgery to treat a brain tumor called meningioma that originates in the protective me...