Alicia Ault

Certain cancers, particularly pancreatic malignancies, may increase the risk of developing new-onset type 2 diabetes, meaning that oncologists should consider screening.

Hashtags like #topsurgery or talk about ‘yeeting teets’ are common on TikTok for youth transitioning from female to male, but should gender surgeons use these nonmedical terms on social media?

Three physicians use varying artistic mediums to render images of compassion and healing -- and a lack thereof -- in a time when caring is at a premium in medicine and society.

A new study found that transgender individuals who stop medical transitions avoid therapists and doctors, fearing stigma.

The DOJ has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into Cassava Sciences after allegations that the company’s studies of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug appeared to include altered images.

A row has broken out between the American Academy of Pediatrics and some of its members over what the latter see as the organization’s refusal to discuss its 2018 policy statement on care for gender-diverse minors.

In a Medscape poll, physicians — even endocrinologists and cardiologists — said they don’t have the time or the confidence in their knowledge to deliver nutrition counseling.

The inexpensive medication is safe and has relatively few drawbacks, say dermatologists.

Pennsylvania joins a growing list of state legislatures that have legalized fentanyl test strips as a way of reducing overdose deaths.

Mitchell Rosenthal, MD, the founder and long-time president and CEO of Phoenix House, a nonprofit substance use disorder treatment organization, died on November 17 at age 87.

Dermatologists warn, however, that those with acne-prone skin should probably steer clear of slathering their face with petroleum jelly.

“Twelve of the 20 nutritional interventions had high-quality studies suggesting objectively evaluated effectiveness,” according to authors.

Amid growing concern by mental health professionals, the Canadian government is seeking to delay legalized medical assistance in dying for mental illness, a controversial law slated to pass mid-March.

When queried, ChatGPT says it’s no substitute for “the rigorous training and education required to become a licensed physician.”

Two US Drug Enforcement Administration proposals on how telehealth can be used going forward to prescribe controlled substances are drawing criticism from mental health and addiction treatment specialists.

Use of the drug, known as tranq, zombie drug, and tranq dope, is spreading. It has begun to appear in overdose cases and in the illicit drug supply in California.

Backers say a new US law signals the beginning of the end of animal testing, while researchers predict that animal models will always be needed.

Two thirds of American voters support regulated use of psychedelics for therapeutic purposes, results of a new poll show.

The federal Office for Human Research Protections has taken the unusual step of suspending all federally supported research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, which is affiliated with Columbia University.

Long COVID can exacerbate existing mental health disorders or cause new-onset psychiatric symptoms, but mental illness does not cause long COVID, experts say.