We’re excited to kick off National ALS Awareness Month.

Bariatric surgery is predicted to cut in half the risk of premature heart disease and stroke in teens with severe obesity, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2018, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.

With one-third of U.S. adults deemed clinically obese, researchers at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) recently revealed results of a study to pinpoint precise markers for those at greater risk for developing diabetes.

As a step toward equalizing health care accessibility, the University of Florida Diabetes Institute in conjunction with Stanford University will apply a $1.6 million grant to identifying tactics for reaching underserved Type 1 diabetes patients, a UF Health release said.

Researchers with the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recently found genetic variations which may be indicators of those who are at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

A recent study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) indicates that alcohol-related visits to emergency rooms in the U.S. increased by almost 50 percent from 2006 to 2014.

Raising awareness of correlations between homelessness and chronic medical conditions while supporting the community, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) in Chicago is advancing a program called Better Health Through Housing in a local outreach effort.

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) recently tapped veterinary pathologist, cardiovascular toxicology expert and U.S Air Force veteran Brian Berridge as its new associate director.

Researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have completed a study that indicates women with moderate iodine deficiency may have a reduced chance of becoming pregnant compared to women with normal iodine levels.

The future of gene therapy has arrived after three decades of attempts to harness the modality, a National Institutes of Health release said.

Thanks to cows, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said there may be a potential treatment for Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) after research demonstrated its safety and tolerability in clinical trial volunteers.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently chose the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center as a designated Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization (ACO), rendering it eligible to serve Medicare patients with fee-for-service care, the medical center said in a release.

University of California San Francisco President Janet Napolitano headlined the Jan. 11 UCSF medical school leadership retreat and participating in a roundtable discussion with the medical school's dean Talmadge E. King Jr.

With three major strains of influenza currently putting a strain on public health facilities in Chicago and statewide, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) has requested that individuals with symptoms of the illness refrain from visiting the hospital.

Dr. Hal Skopicki, a specialist in advanced cardiac disease, has been appointed as chief of cardiology and deputy director of operations at the Stony Brook University Heart Institute in New York.

In an effort to support the estimated 30 million Americans facing rare diseases, the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) recently launched a new awareness effort challenging people to pledge dollars for walking, running or biking 7,000 miles throughout the month of February.

Healthcare IT News, an online industry publication, recently recognized the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System recent segue to enhanced electronic record (EHR) storage by naming U. of I. Health to its “Best Hospital IT Department” list.

University of Florida neuroscientists recently determined that individuals with Tourette syndrome may benefit from deep brain stimulation (DBS) which has previously been proven effective with other movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease.

Merck said Lynparza (olaparib), a targeted therapy co-developed with AstraZeneca, has become the first PARP inhibitor approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating metastatic breast cancer.

Hospital costs suffer from a deep lack of transparency, but a new "eye opening" report that reveals one common procedure costs nearly eight times more in one Minnesota facility than at another will help to inform policy debate, according to Minnesota's health economist.