Why should the immune system not be “boosted,” but instead supported through consistent, healthy habits? Learn how the immune ...

Breakthrough infections occur despite vaccination, but symptoms are milder as vaccines reduce severity, speed recovery, and ...

Men and women experience immune aging differently, affecting disease risks. New data-driven research identifies key ...

Why do immune cells that are supposed to eliminate viruses suddenly turn against our own body? There are instances where killer T cells—which are meant to precisely remove virus-infected ...

Researchers at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside have discovered previously unrecognized ...

Psoriasis is well known for causing too many skin cells on elbows, knees and across the body, but people living with psoriasis may also be at an increased risk of heart disease. Effects of overactive ...

Vitamin C and vitamin D both support immune function in different ways, but neither will prevent you from getting sick on their own. Vitamin C may slightly shorten colds, while vitamin D deficiency ...

Many diseases affect men and women differently. Asthma tends to strike men earlier in life, yet more women develop asthma as they get older. Parkinson's is more common in men, but Alzheimer's is more ...

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...

Immune genes have been found to help shape the gut microbiome in wild animals, potentially benefitting health and survival. Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UK) have uncovered a hidden ...

First approved by the US FDA in 2014 for advanced skin cancer, Keytruda is now used globally for certain lung cancers, ...