Michigan recently adopted an incentive program to help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants buy fresh produce, and University of Michigan researchers recently sought to determine how it affects purchases.

University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) staff recently obtained $7.5 million in grant funding from a Department of Defense program to enhance care for active duty personnel and veterans.

Over one-third of smokers trying to quit use pharmaceutical products, but University of California San Diego scientists have found that trying to stop by using medication alone may not improve the chances of success.

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a continuing resolution that includes additional funding for the state-level Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

As 2017 draws to a close, the American Cancer Society (ACS) recently looked back over the year, spotlighting the advances made in cancer screening, treatment and survival with its financial support.

Although home DNA tests are widely available, experts say people should view results as probabilities at best rather than hard science.

The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) recently held a forum on depression with Los Angeles-based Zocalo Public Square during which experts discussed the illness.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital of Memphis, Tennessee, in partnership with iHeartMedia, raised a record amount of funds during its annual nationwide campaign.

Bullying, violence and other adversities witnessed or experienced by children and teens are likely to take a toll on their cardiovascular health, increasing chances of disease in adulthood, according to the American Heart Association (AHA).

More than a quarter of Californians age 12 to 17 report they are perceived as gender nonconforming in school, according to a University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) study.

The University of California at Los Angeles Health's Sound Body Sound Mind program is helping children and teens in underserved areas achieve better fitness, according to a press release from UCLA Health.

Hair loss and nausea are among chemotherapy’s better-known side effects, but women's bladder health also can be affected during treatment for breast cancer.

A program started by a volunteer has raised nearly $200,000 since its inception 20 years ago to help Brenner Children's Hospital patient families, according to a Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center press release.

A number of organizations recently started an initiative to help the almost 7 million U.S. residents with atrial fibrillation (AF) not caused by heart valve issues understand their increased risk of stroke.

Calithera Biosciences Inc. recently revealed Phase 1 study results of candidate CB-839, potential treatment for certain advanced breast cancers, based on its potential efficacy when used with the chemotherapy medication paclitaxel.

Vanderbilt University's Board of Trust recently approved a degree program for genetic counseling, one of the fastest growing health professions in the United States, as enrollment begins for its inaugural semester in fall 2019.

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), companies that act as middlemen in the prescription drug supply chain, posted revenues totaling more than $260 billion last year.

Insomnia is pervasive and problematic nationwide, affecting the quality of life for a large number of adults, and electronic devices may be part of the reason, according to a Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center sleep specialist.

The American Heart Association recently named attorney M. Lewis Kinard as its executive vice president, general counsel and assistant corporate secretary at its Dallas headquarters, succeeding retiring officer Lynne Darrouzet.

To curtail the incidence of primary cesarean births in the U.S., Laurie DeSantis and Susan Lewis of Vanderbilt Center for Women’s Health are advancing a nationwide program through a collaboration with a number of other institutions.