A packed committee room in the capitol Wednesday resulted in hours of testimony over babies, embryos and the idea of ...

Doctors lead patients, they lead treatment teams and support networks. They lead most effectively when they recognize ...

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-A new definition of obesity, published in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Journal, proposes a new definition that moves beyond body mass index (BMI). Dr. Jorge Acosta, the ...

Medical research involves research in a wide range of fields, such as biology, chemistry, pharmacology and toxicology with the goal of developing new medicines or medical procedures or improving ...

Perhaps the new approach could direct people with downstream consequences of obesity to receive needed medical care sooner. The proposed change in definition could also help reduce stigma around ...

limit the definition of a "male" or "female" to their reproductive cells and potentially withhold federal funding from programs that acknowledge transgender people or "gender ideology." Medical and ...

It simply means that symptoms have developed quickly and that some sort of medical intervention is needed ... arthritis is one such example. Some extend the definition to include developmental, ...

If the cause of the formication is due to a medical condition or mental health condition, a doctor will prescribe appropriate medication and may create a long-term treatment plan. If medication is ...

And most minimum essential coverage is also major medical insurance. But there some employers offer "skinny" health plans instead of comprehensive coverage. These plans are considered minimum ...

58 international experts across a range of medical specialties and people with lived experience released a report proposing a new definition and diagnostic criteria for clinical obesity.

It’s estimated more than one billion people in the world are living with obesity as defined by the current definition that relies solely on body mass index or BMI. Now health care experts say ...