Women should get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40, according to new guidance issued Tuesday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. It’s a considerable drop in age from the prior recommendations, which said women should start getting biennial screenings no later than age 50 and suggested that women in

  Being overweight increases the chances of premature death, according to a USC researcher. Although people accept that obesity can shorten a person’s life span, scientists have debated whether the weight category between normal and obese is, in fact, a health risk. Being overweight definitely does not help people live longer, said Jonathan Samet, director

  A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have identified two metabolites, substances produced by the body during metabolism, that may help predict which young Latino people are most likely to develop prediabetes, a precursor to developing type 2 diabetes. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and

  Language barriers have been associated with worse access to healthcare and poorer health outcomes. To assess differences in access to care and utilization of healthcare services between Hispanic adults and non-Hispanic white adults (NHW), we used the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2013–2016) to compare Hispanic adults who expressed limited comfort speaking in English (LCE)