TUESDAY, May 11, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — After back-to-back work trips, Stephanie Gerding came home on a Saturday completely exhausted. She had a headache and neck pain, but she thought a good night’s sleep was...

In a move that should hasten the country’s recovery from the pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the emergency use of Pfizer’s two-dose coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. “Today’s action allows for...

95-Year-Old Becomes Oldest U.S. Organ Donor The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) President and CEO Susan Stuart said Monday that CORE is “incredibly proud to have been able to make this historic organ donation possible....

There may be new hope for patients with a subset of pancreatic cancers tied to certain genetic mutations, a new study finds. The study involving 42 patients found that a “PARP inhibitor” drug called rucaparib (Rubraca), may...

(HealthDay News) – – After examining DNA from remains in an ancient mass grave in Germany, scientists think that genetic immunity from bubonic plague may have developed in the wake of the disease. “We found that innate...

You’re getting no real benefit from taking weight-loss supplements like garcinia cambogia, green tea extract, glucomannan, conjugated linoleic acid or chitosan, two new reviews show. Most of the clinical trials studied didn’t show these supplements producing any...

When young women land in the emergency room with chest pain, they wait longer and get less treatment than their male counterparts, a preliminary study finds. Using a federal survey of U.S. hospitals, researchers found that younger...

Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen doesn’t make COVID-19 worse or more deadly, a new study finds. When the pandemic began, doctors debated if NSAIDs increased the severity of COVID-19, but this study reports that...

Could having heart disease risk factors in childhood sow the seeds of thinking declines in middle-age? It looks like it might, new research claims. “I think it was not so big of a surprise for us, but...

There’s more evidence that a switch away from meat in your diet could cut levels of unhealthy “biomarkers” that encourage disease, researchers say. A new study reported Saturday at the virtual European Congress on Obesity (ECO) found...