If a person’s story changes in the weeks following an alleged sexual assault, are they not telling the truth?

It’s a criticism I’ve seen on social media and heard in the public conversation surrounding the lawsuit filed in September 2026 by a plaintiff known as Jane Doe, a former student at Cornell University, accusing seven ...Read more

Drugmakers are pushing to develop effective defenses against Lyme disease as intensifying tick seasons continue to put more people at risk, with trials focused on vaccines and on drugs designed to block the pests’ ability to infect.

Companies including Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. have stepped up efforts 24 years after the only Lyme vaccine ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've been diagnosed with a rotator cuff tear. What factors determine the best treatment approach, and what can I expect during recovery?

ANSWER: To better understand whether a rotator cuff tear may require surgery, it helps to first understand what the rotator cuff is and how it works.

The rotator cuff is a group of muscles ...Read more

The child gasped for air, sitting alone in front of an upstairs television, near death inside her Northeast Philadelphia home.

As a measles outbreak ravaged the city, Philadelphia’s deputy health commissioner, Robert Ross, used the home phone to call a judge for a court order to treat the girl. Her family worshiped at Faith Tabernacle ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- This year's flu season started months early and in an unexpected part of the country, according to health officials.

The unusually early start to the season has prompted local health officials to urge people to get their flu shots as soon as possible.

In Los Angeles County, flu activity began rising in September, ahead of its ...Read more

In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit at Vista Grande Villa, a Michigan senior living community. They were told that their 85-year-old mother was a major safety threat.

On at least 10 days in the previous month, Tingley had hit, kicked, or elbowed aides when they were trying to ...Read more

For weeks, a Kenyan man infected with Ebola kept moving, undetected.

He traveled through several cities in Democratic Republic of Congo, made the roughly nine-hour road journey from Beni to Uganda’s capital of Kampala, spending a night there. On Oct. 3, he boarded Jambojet flight 8523 from nearby Entebbe to Nairobi. By the time he reached a ...Read more

Enrolling in Medicare Part D isn’t a “one-and-done” decision. Leaving your plan on autopilot during open enrollment (Oct. 15-Dec. 7) could cost you hundreds in unexpected premiums and out-of-pocket fees. A different plan might offer a much better deal — especially if you’ve started new medications or your current drugs have ...Read more

Q: What is kimchi and are there health benefits associated with it? Should I add it to my diet?

A: For those who are unfamiliar, kimchi is a spicy and tangy pickled vegetable dish. Kimchi hails from Korea, and it consists of salted and fermented vegetables (like cabbage and Korean radish) and a mouth-watering collection of seasonings such as ...Read more

The widespread legalization of cannabis in the United States has spurred greater use of marijuana and its active components, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). How do these psychoactive substances affect the heart? A review of recent research, published in the July 2026 issue of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, summarized the ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 39-year-old brother was just diagnosed with stomach cancer. The diagnosis was especially shocking because of his age. Is this becoming more common? Does age affect the approaches to treatment?

ANSWER: Stomach cancer, also referred to as gastric cancer, was once thought of as a disease of older adults. However, it’s ...Read more

If you have medical debt, there’s a good chance you owe money to a hospital.

One way patients can avoid medical debt is through hospital financial assistance, also known as charity care. Most of the nation’s hospitals offer free or discounted medical care to patients with very high medical debt or low incomes.

Getting financial assistance,...Read more

On a typical night, I go to bed wearing a tracking watch on one wrist and another type of tracker on the other wrist. Then I compare their sleep findings while I drink my morning coffee.

I direct the Center for Modern Digital Health at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where my team and I study how to use wearables to improve ...Read more

Imagine your mom has just been discharged from the hospital to a rehabilitation center after hip replacement surgery. She has the paperwork, the facility’s address – and a long list of questions. Will her insurance cover her entire rehab stay? Does she have enough pain medication until she gets settled? Will the hospital transfer her ...Read more

The number of people sick with flu is starting to increase across the United States, with health authorities warning that in some western regions of the country, the 2026-27 flu season may be off to an early start.

Health authorities often advise people to get their flu vaccine by the end of October – but as an epidemiologist ...Read more

A new study by the Medical University of Vienna found that a specialized form of imaging could identify 91% of prostate cancer cases without the need for a biopsy.

Traditionally, a blood test can indicate the possibility of prostate cancer, but a diagnosis has long depended on a tissue sample through an outpatient procedure.

The imaging ...Read more

Menopause has been having a moment lately, and Washington is taking notice. On Sept. 16, the Senate held its first hearing on the dismal state of federally funded menopause research and vast gaps in treatment and care. Within 24 hours, the Department of Health and Human Services also convened pharmaceutical manufacturers and physicians to ...Read more