As one of his final acts as U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy called for alcohol products to carry a label warning that they can cause cancer. His office also published a report detailing just ...

For years, the Body Mass Index (BMI) chart has been a ubiquitous tool in doctors' offices and online calculators, providing a seemingly straightforward way to categorize individuals as underweight, ...

If you’ve never heard of the Bristol Stool Chart, you may not know that there are actually several different types of poop. And while discussing your pooping habits might be taboo—sometimes it’s ...

These cholesterol level charts will show you what's normal for every age and gender. Plus, a few tips for staying within a healthy range.

When we have health anxiety, we tend to assume that many or all symptoms are indicative of serious illness. We do this because we overestimate the likelihood of serious disease. Inflating the numbers ...

As an editor and writer who has contributed to many national and local publications, Nicole Gregory enjoys communicating clearly on critical health topics so that readers can make informed choices for ...

"I never expected it to get beyond my following," the teacher said. A teacher has come up with a clever idea to ensure her students have a safe place to share their feelings. Erin Castillo, an ...

Intermountain Health is deploying Layer Health’s artificial intelligence for clinical data abstraction to improve its quality reporting and clinical registry submissions in stroke, surgery and ...

You may not always peek into the toilet after you’ve used it, but the appearance of your poop can tell you a lot about your bowel health. No one type of poop is the gold standard — normal bowel ...