The gold standard for diagnosing myocardial infarction has been the World Health Organization definition, which requires any 2 of 3 criteria: ischemic symptoms, electrocardiographic changes ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...

Argentina has declared it will withdraw from the World Health Organization, further imperilling an international agency charged with coordinating public health responses. The announcement on ...

Much attention has rightly been placed on how to fill the World Health Organization’s funding gap if and when the US withdraws. Kent Buse and colleagues argue that President Trump’s idea to establish ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order pulling the U.S. out of the W.H.O. Winter health woes from the dangerous cold snap, and a Tennessee hospital breaks a heart transplant record. Bradley ...

Obesity needs a new definition, argues a global group of health experts. For over 75 years, obesity has been called a disease by the World Health Organization. But the label is hotly debated.

Argentina has announced it will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), mirroring a similar move by US President Donald Trump last month. “President (Javier) Milei instructed (foreign ...

the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report. These conflicts can disrupt medical services such as vaccination campaigns, limit people’s access to clean water and sanitary conditions ...

We found that though the number of diseases and processes in which immune mechanisms are involved has considerably grown, 90% of participants agree with the 1993 World Health Organization definition ...

Obesity is a major concern not just in India but across the world. According to a 2024 report by the World Health ...

NEW YORK/LONDON/GENEVA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the ...