Almost 40% of Americans will receive a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lifetime — but certain types are more common than others, statistics show. USAFacts, a Washington-based nonprofit that ...

Hiking and camping fanatics know all too well the risks of a tick bite. Ticks are tiny but carry mighty illnesses, including Lyme disease. They thrive in heavily wooded areas across the U.S. and ...

A health condition many people have never heard of has become one of the most common liver diseases in the United States. Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, often ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A migraine is sometimes misunderstood as a bad headache, but doctors say migraines are a neurological disease impacting about 39 million people in the U.S. According to the American ...

High blood pressure (hypertension) can be caused by a variety of factors, including your lifestyle, medical conditions, ...

Even a common cold can trigger an intense headache, so one can only imagine the level of suffering caused by more serious ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Daryl Austin is a Utah-based reporter who covers health and wellness. April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, and even though we ...

Gaucher disease is a rare genetic condition that causes the buildup of a fatty chemical in your organs. Symptoms of the most common subtype might not appear until adulthood if they appear at all.