New insight into a rare and dangerous disorder that can occur in kids with COVID-19 could improve treatment of the condition, researchers say. Many children infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) go undiagnosed or have...

Scientists report they have pinpointed 64 regions in the DNA of humans that increase a person’s risk of bipolar disorder, more than twice the number previously identified. The researchers, who called this the largest investigation of bipolar...

Getting heart failure patients into cardiac rehabilitation sooner rather than later after a hospitalization is tied to a better prognosis, new research shows. “Typically, cardiac rehabilitation programs require patients to be stable for six weeks after a...

A simple surgery may help lower the risk for strokes by more than a third in patients with atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heartbeat, a new trial finds. The reduction in stroke risk is achieved by blocking...

Though obesity by itself can drive up heart disease risk, new research suggests diabetes and heart disease risk is especially high when combined with a tendency to stay up late at night. The finding stems from a...

MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — When Carol Coulther’s husband, Rich, had a stroke, her teacher instincts kicked in immediately. She began writing down everything his doctors said to make sense of what happened...

In new evidence that illustrates that health issues rarely exist in a vacuum, a new study finds a link between heart health and brain function. Existing evidence suggests that having heart disease raises one’s risk of dementia,...

Many Americans felt relief and joy at the announcement last week that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks at many indoor and outdoor locations. But don’t be surprised if those good feelings come tinged...

Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline announced Monday that their coronavirus vaccine candidate produced powerful responses in a preliminary trial that followed an earlier setback in the vaccine’s development. In selected data that has not yet been published in a...

Most Japanese Want Olympic Games Delayed or Canceled: Poll More than 8 in 10 people in Japan don’t want their country to host the Olympics this summer, according to a poll conducted on the weekend as the...