Regular brushing and flossing can save your teeth into old age. Could it also save your brain? The bacteria involved in gum disease might play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests....

Middle childhood often comes with big changes as children prepare to enter middle school or junior high school. Children form complex friendships, experience peer pressure and become more aware of their body, says the Centers for Disease...

More than 12 percent of the world’s population has migraines. For some people, migraines are chronic, says the American Migraine Foundation. Chronic migraines are usually diagnosed when a person has 15 or more of these headache days...

If you’re over 65 and have a heart attack, your care may be compromised, a new study finds. In fact, you’re less apt than younger patients to receive a timely angioplasty to open blocked arteries. You’re also...

Learning more about firefighters’ increased risk for certain cancers is the aim of a voluntary registry being created by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). It’s seeking more than 1.1 million firefighters to...

Older black American women are much less likely to be treated for heart attack and heart disease than white and Hispanic women, researchers say. “Our study shows that black women still receive less recommended therapy for heart...

FRIDAY, April 5, 2019 (American Heart Association News) — A new study indicates transgender men and women have a higher risk of heart attack — more than four times in some instances — than people who identify...

Black Americans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) tend to live longer than whites with the disease because blacks are more likely to have a procedure called a tracheostomy, a new study shows. But that may not always...

Medicaid expansion under “Obamacare” may have quickly translated into fewer heart disease deaths among middle-aged Americans, a new study suggests. In 2014, many U.S. states began expanding their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) —...

Giving millions of fans some “Satisfaction,” Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is recovering and in good health after undergoing a heart valve procedure in New York City on Thursday. Jagger is being monitored for any complications that...