An 87-year-old woman leads a troupe of dancers, all over 50, through a spirited tap and jazz routine in a Tucson studio, embodying a growing recognition among older adults and medical professionals that dance is a unique...
Senior British medical experts have declared that social media poses a danger to children comparable to smoking, urging immediate government action to curb the harms of excessive screen time.
An on-field confrontation between cricket stars Virat Kohli and Travis Head during an Indian Premier League match last week has escalated into a wave of online harassment targeting the Australian player’s family.
Actress Hannah Murray, best known for her roles on Game of Thrones and Skins, has revealed that she suffered a catastrophic psychotic break after becoming involved with a wellness cult, an experience that led to her hosp...
At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, a golden retriever mix named Hadley recently helped a five-year-old boy stand up from his wheelchair to play fetch, marking his first time outside in over a month.
Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide were living with a mental disorder in 2023, a figure that has nearly doubled since 1990, according to a major new study published in The Lancet.
A man from Tamworth has endured more than seven years of unnecessary medical treatment after being wrongly diagnosed with a terminal blood disorder, a hospital trust has admitted.
A new study suggests that achieving optimal protection against heart attacks and strokes may require adults to engage in significantly more weekly exercise than current public health guidelines recommend.
A small clinical trial has provided early evidence that an existing anti-inflammatory drug may offer a new treatment path for patients with difficult-to-treat depression.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a formal advisory on Wednesday warning that excessive and harmful screen use among children and adolescents has become a major public health concern.
A new government pilot scheme launching in July will fundamentally change how sick leave is managed in England, moving away from general practitioners issuing traditional "fit notes" and toward connecting patients with s...
A Brooklyn woman was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison for drowning her three young children in the Atlantic Ocean near Coney Island in 2022.
Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has voted to impose a strict cap on the number of A grades awarded to undergraduates, a major policy shift designed to combat decades of grade inflation.
A second day of record-breaking early-season heat swept across the eastern United States on Wednesday, disrupting school schedules and prompting public health advisories as officials urged residents to take precautions.