Jennifer G. Allen

The protection and immunity rate for serogroup B meningococcal vaccine Bexsero (4CMenB) may be lower than expected, recent research results suggest.

Poor medication adherence habits constitute a major threat to public health and costs the United States between $100 billion and $289 billion annually.

A scientific statement from the American Heart Association warns that unintended interactions among prescription drugs, OTC products, herbs, or nutritional supplements may trigger or worsen heart failure.

A recent study identified 10 risk factors that seem to account for 90% of strokes.

Young women who get all 3 doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine have fewer cervical cell anomalies in the future, recent study results found.

The latest federal diabetes screening recommendations fail to catch 55% of adults at high risk for diabetes, a recent investigation found.

Retail clinics could help slow the development of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria by prescribing fewer antibiotics for respiratory tract infections, recent study results published in BMJ suggest.

The US health system can expect to manage an explosion of older cancer survivors, new study results have found.

Children who fail to get a full night's sleep are at increased risk for obesity, a recent investigation revealed.

White, middle-class, and upper-class Americans tend to receive the best nutrition, new study results suggest.

Patients hospitalized after stroke are at less risk for infection when they’re on statin therapy, the results of a recent study suggest.

The benefits of exercise in diabetes prevention go beyond weight loss.

Patients with certain chronic conditions often receive different treatments depending on where they live, results of a new analysis have revealed.

Exercise in midlife can ward off stroke independent of other risk factors, according to a recent study.

Clinicians should pay particular attention to single working moms, as they’re more likely to have a stroke than their married counterparts.

In the last year, nearly one-third of adolescents experienced ringing or buzzing in their ears that lasted more than 5 minutes, a recent report found.

Patients with heart failure should know that getting a flu shot could lower their risk of being hospitalized and developing dementia.

The cornerstone attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment could be associated with heart problems in children and adolescents, recent study results suggest.

Women with migraines face a 50% greater risk of developing major cardiovascular disease, recent study results suggest.

Children who experience recurrent viral respiratory infections by age 2 face a more than 2-fold risk for type 1 diabetes by age 5, recent study results suggest.