Scientists put their stamps on medical-science history by naming their discoveries. Those names have serious scientific implications.

For decades, doctors treating men with prostate cancer could offer only extreme choices: surgically remove the prostate, target it with radiation that often damaged healthy tissue nearby, or remove ...

The slow, steady expansion of women in medical school and medical practice has significantly changed the face of medicine, particularly as women have increased their presence in certain specialties, ...

The AAMC has been closely tracking developments in National Institutes of Health (NIH) extramural funding and in Oct. 2026 published Tracking Two Years of Change in NIH Funding, which draws from the ...

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Exciting news: The launch of the new Visiting Student Learning Opportunities ™ (VSLO ®) platform is on the horizon, and we’re making sure you have everything you need to be ready. A comprehensive set ...

Can more testosterone help people who do not have low levels? Some patients want it, physicians say it sometimes works, and the research is mixed.

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series on climate change and health. Other articles in this series include stories on how extreme heat affects health, efforts to reduce greenhouse gas ...

As smoke from wildfires in Canada smothered New York City in a polluted haze in June 2023, some worried patients called the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University Irving ...

In Lebanon, where Antoine Beayno, MD, grew up and went to medical school, homosexuality is illegal. LGBTQ+ people can be fired, blackmailed, or arrested. They sometimes are even refused medical care, ...

Over the past several years, COVID-19 has surged twice a year — once in the winter and once in the late summer. This pattern seems to be repeating in 2026. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

They devised ways to protect newborns, expanded our understanding of diseases like diabetes, and even mapped portions of the human brain. Along the way, these trailblazing women broke barriers for ...