Can a simple genetic test predict how susceptible you are to COVID-19? According to a recent study published in the Journal of Virology, the answer may be yes.  ...

March 15 brought welcome news from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH): People over the age of 16 with health conditions that place them at the highest risk...

At one time, colon cancer in younger men was rare. That is no longer the case. Earlier this year, charismatic actor Chadwick Boseman died after a four-year battle with colon cancer...

Since screening for cervical cancer was first initiated in the 1950s, the number of deaths from this disease has been drastically reduced. Nevertheless, nearly 14,000 women will be diagnosed with invasive...

In December 2019, full of joyful expectation, Yuyuan Lin and her husband flew from China to California to spend three months with their daughter, Yi Luo, and their two young...

One of the most effective treatments for substance abuse is a drug called naltrexone — effective, that is, if you’re white.   If you’re African American, it probably won’t work...

Have you noticed, in the months since the coronavirus pandemic upended our lives, that brain fog sometimes creeps in, making it to hard to focus? Or maybe you feel ready for...