Even as the pressures of the pandemic began to ebb, Americans’ growing dependence on alcohol did not, a troubling new study shows. Two years into the globe-altering health crisis, the percentage of Americans who consumed alcohol —...

Beta blockers are go-to meds for many people who’ve survived a heart attack. However, new Swedish research has found that they might not be needed for heart attack survivors whose hearts have retained a normal pumping ability. ...

The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America’s elephant seals and drastically cutting herd populations, a new report finds. “It is likely that more than half of the reproductive population died due...

More people in rural America are dying from heart disease, a new study says. Heart disease deaths increased among 25- to 64-year-olds in U.S. rural areas by about 21% between 2010 and 2022, researchers report in the...

A cutting-edge genetic test can rapidly detect and identify almost any kind of disease-causing microorganism in the human body, whether it’s a virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite, researchers say. Doctors have been using the genetic test for...

Asthma is associated with memory problems in children, a new study has found. Further, the early onset of asthma might worsen potential memory deficits in kids, researchers found. This is the first study to make such a...

Americans’ well-being varies widely between different regions of the nation, a new study reports. People in the southern U.S., Appalachia and the Rust Belt states score lowest on the Human Development Index (HDI), a composite measure that...

The weight-loss drug Ozempic can help reduce stroke patients’ risk of a heart attack or death, a new study says. GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or SGLT2 diabetes medications like Jardiance or Farxiga both helped protect the...

People with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease face a heart health double-whammy, a new study says. Men with both diabetes and kidney disease will develop heart health problems 28 years earlier than those without...

Recurring angina chest pain in people with a certain type of heart disease can be tough to treat, but a new hourglass-shaped stent could be a real advance, researchers report. People with what’s known as microvascular disease...