After the deadliest flu season in decades, U.S. public health officials called on the public to get vaccinated against the disease before this year’s season hits with full force.

The longtime Arizona senator died of brain cancer complications. His family announced on Friday that McCain would stop treatment. A statement from his office said his wife, Cindy, and other famiy members were with him when he died.

Senator John McCain’s long battle with brain cancer may be nearing an end, with his family announcing Friday that he will no longer receive treatment for the condition.

Recent research has shown the gap between men and women with drinking problems is shrinking. Female alcohol use disorder in the United States more than doubled from 2002 to 2013, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

The tests that doctors use to diagnose Alzheimer’s find the disease later in women, a problem that may deny women early care and skew research. And the same tests may also overdiagnose some men, putting them on a path to treatment they really don’t need, according to a new study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International…

The World Health Organization is recognizing “gaming disorder” as a diagnosable condition. But the organization’s decision to include the new term in the 11th edition of its International Classification of Diseases has sparked controversy among psychiatric experts who question whether there’s enough research to call it a true disorder.

While cigarette smoking rates among teens have dropped over the last few decades, the use of e-cigarettes — also called vaping — has risen in this age group. Surveys show that many teens don’t know about the dangers of these products, and a few popular vaping trends could increase the risks even more.

Lung cancer death rates among women have fallen in much of the United States, but have increased in two regions where smoking is more common, a new study finds.

The goal is to lower the amount of nicotine to minimally or non-addictive levels, the agency said.

Researchers have found that implanting an electrical device that sends signals to the brain’s frontal lobe appears to slow the advance of certain symptoms caused by Alzheimer’s.