Race-Neutral Formulas Improve Asthma Detection in Black Children

Race plays a role in whether a child is quickly and accurately diagnosed with asthma, a new study suggests.

Outdated and flawed studies previously led to the belief that white children had “naturally higher” lung function compared to other races, researchers said.

Diagnostic procedures based on that assumption have caused...

Continuous Glucose Monitors Can Overestimate Blood Sugar Levels, Study Finds

Continuous blood glucose monitors have been promoted as potentially life-changing for people with diabetes -- allowing real-time updates on blood sugar levels without the need for repeated finger pricks.

But a new small-scale study suggests these devices might not be as accurate as many believe, and could lead some to mismanage their diets...

Chemo Causes Lasting Physical Decline In Breast Cancer Survivors

Breast cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy tend to suffer a longer-lasting decline in their physical health, compared to women who receive hormone therapy or other cancer treatments.

Chemotherapy patients reported a physical decline that extended more than two years after their diagnosis with breast cancer, researchers reported Feb....

Many Americans Unaware Of Links Between HPV And Cancers

Many Americans remain unaware of the cancer risk for both men and women posed by human papillomavirus (HPV), a new Ohio State University poll has found.

Most people don’t know much about HPV and its long-term cancer risks, and also have key misperceptions about how the virus is spread, the poll found.

For example, the majority ...

Coaches Are Abusive To 1 In 5 NCAA Athletes, Survey Finds

Yelling. Taunts. Insults. Harsh words. Physical violence.

About 1 in 5 college athletes receive such abuse from their coaches, researchers report.

Overall, nearly 19% of more than 3,300 athletes on National College Athletic Association (NCAA) teams said they’d experienced abusive supervision from their coach.

Athletes in ...

Obesity On The Rise Worldwide, Report Says

More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehensive global analysis has concluded.

Overweight and obesity rates in adults, children and teens more than doubled over the past three decades, afflicting 2.1 billion adults and 493 million young people with excess weight, res...