The first settlers of Hawaii were the most capable sailors of their time, crossing 7,000 kilometers of open ocean to reach ...

Researchers have identified two common drugs that may, when given together during pregnancy, prevent premature births. The finding is the fruit of a new, Stanford Medicine-led, artificial intelligence ...

Also known as manic depressive illness, bipolar disorder is characterized by severe and disabling highs (mania) and lows (depression). Affecting 2.2 million Americans, this illness typically begins in ...

Stanford University and the Division of Endocrinology have a long history of outstanding research and clinical excellence. The clinical program encompasses inpatient consultations and outpatient ...

It affects your mood, your sleep, even your motivation to exercise. There's convincing evidence that it's the starting point for Parkinson's disease and could be responsible for long COVID's cognitive ...

Maybe your doctor has mentioned them, a friend or family member is taking one — or a growing list of related drugs. The dramatic before-and-after stories of weight loss are everywhere, but so are the ...

Your driver’s license states the hard truth of chronological age: Even if you still feel like you did in your 40s, you were born 52 years ago. Then again, your wearable fitness tracker says your ...

Every spring, Americans dutifully adjust their clocks forward to daylight saving time, and every fall, back to standard time — but no one seems very happy about it. The biannual time shift is not only ...

Potato chips. Pastries. Bottled water. If you’ve been to a grocery store recently, you’ve probably noticed that even the most unlikely products now come in protein-boosted versions. Protein-maxxing — ...

Two-thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease today are women. That sobering data point has been cited by the Alzheimer’s Association and others for years but it still tends to catch people ...