Stroke is a possible complication of COVID-19, and researchers say they now know when that risk is highest. A new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the risk of COVID-related ischemic stroke...

Young adult pot smokers who’ve suffered a stroke are more likely to have another stroke if they keep toking, a new study finds. Research has already linked heavy cannabis use with an increased risk of stroke, but...

Good news and bad on strokes among Americans. Although there’s been a marked decline in rates of stroke among older adults over the past 30 years, a growing number of young Americans are having strokes, a new...

Alan Holman didn’t stop exercising when told he had cancer, and he’s glad of it, now that U.K. researchers say moderate exercise may improve chemotherapy outcomes in esophageal cancer patients. Holman, 70, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer...

Worried about losing your mental faculties as you age? Get out there and exercise, new research suggests. Physical activity helps keep the aging brain sharp, according to the latest of many studies showing a link between exercise...

More than 10 years after Doug Olsen underwent an experimental gene therapy that turned his T-cells into cancer killers, his leukemia has vanished, University of Pennsylvania doctors report. “I’m doing great right now. I’m still very active....

Pap tests have long been used to detect cervical cancer early, but preliminary research suggests that cervical cells collected during those tests could also be used to catch other cancers, including deadly ovarian tumors. Researchers found that...

Images of fat-laden, diseased hearts and blackened, rotting feet might be the last thing you expect to see on the label of a can of soda that your child desperately wants, but would such drastic health warnings...

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Black people who spent their early adult years in racially segregated neighborhoods were twice as likely to develop coronary artery calcium – a predictor of heart disease –...

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — School closures. Family strains. Isolated and quarantined friends. Even when young people haven’t directly experienced COVID-19, the pandemic has strained their mental health. Often severely. Even before the...