The effects are similar to those previously observed as a result of violence, neglect, and family dysfunction.

Financial incentives for weight loss stigmatizes weight as a moral failure, equates size with health, and individualizes a systemic crisis.

Researchers say reducing exposure of pregnant women to PM2.5 can improve maternal health and address the unequal burden of stillbirths.

Media reports about a ‘zombie’ virus deliberately misstate facts. What are the public health implications of misleading information?

Children born during this time of recession showed genetic markers of accelerated aging.

Experts say the pandemic hindered vaccine coverage — but the disproportionate burden is carried by the poor.

“I believe we are in the phase of mental health care where we recognize that we may have to discard old findings, modify the existing ones and research newer possibilities."

The presence of harmful chemicals in pads is especially alarming since the vagina can absorb them at a much higher rate than, say, the skin.

Gender-affirmative therapy may have a protective effect on declining sleep health among transgender youth, researchers say.

"The change of temperature doesn’t make you sick but changes in weather conditions can predispose you to getting sick."

Autoimmune conditions disproportionately affect women, yet they remain underdiagnosed and undertreated.

Bacteria responsible for the ancient disease of leprosy could potentially help reverse liver damage and regenerate this vital organ.

AirPods perform nearly as well as hearing aids in limited conditions -- raising questions around barriers to accessing assistive technology.

The neurodiversity movement is gradually changing the focus of autism-related healthcare from "cure" to "care."

Research on straight men getting lonelier points to their growing failure on dating apps -- showing a paradigm shift in dating culture.

Called the 'Truman Show Delusion,' this is a form of persecutory psychosis that renders people unable to discern reality from imagination.

A review of two decades of research estimates the number of people at risk of hearing loss to be close to 1.35 billion people aged 12-34.

Rapidly falling sperm counts and concentrations may have massive public health implications, and may lead to a reproductive crisis.