Adrenal cancer, which is very rare, typically develops in the cortex (outer part) of the adrenal gland. It is often discovered accidentally on an imaging test done to look for something else. Cushing ...

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center offers at-home cardiac rehabilitation services, allowing you to regain your heart health from the comfort of your own home. Through our partnership with Recora, a ...

BOSTON – ChatGPT-4, an artificial intelligence program designed to understand and generate human-like text, outperformed internal medicine residents and attending physicians at two academic medical ...

Ultrasounds are a regular part of prenatal medical care for most pregnant women, and also provide parents with their first glimpses of their developing baby. Although these photographs make for nice ...

BOSTON – Although everyone can benefit from exercise, the mechanistic links between physical fitness and overall health are not fully understood, nor are the reasons why the same exercise can have ...

BOSTON – The placebo effect is the well-known phenomenon of a person's physical or mental health improving after taking a treatment with no pharmacological therapeutic benefit – a sugar pill, or a ...

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QUINCY – Today, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) announced plans to develop a comprehensive, multi-specialty ambulatory center in Quincy. Subject to local and state regulatory approvals, ...

Hemorrhoids are among the most frequent gastrointestinal complaints in the United States, sending millions of people to clinics and emergency rooms each year and costing the health system hundreds of ...

Your heart suddenly begins racing. You feel pain in your chest and you are short of breath. Are you having a heart attack? Or could it be a panic attack? "Any of these symptoms can be extremely ...

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Since last fall, when the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology lowered the ...

Your body weight set point is the number on the scale your weight normally hovers around, give or take a few pounds. Your heredity and your environment-starting back at the moment of your ...