Tens of thousands of people suffer needless heart attacks and strokes every year because they aren’t taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study says. More than 39,000 deaths, nearly 100,000 non-fatal heart attacks and up to 65,000 strokes...

Want to think outside the box? Avoid the internet, a new study says. Googling for new ideas can inhibit a group’s creativity during brainstorming sessions, researchers reported June 30 in the journal Memory & Cognition. Internet searches...

Remember your sweet-hearted grandmother, who never seemed out of sorts no matter what nonsense landed in her lap? That’s a skill, and it improves during a person’s lifespan, a new study says. Women get better at managing...

Decreases seen in mortality for acute MI, ischemic heart disease, while increases seen for mortality from other heart disease subtypes

The Trump administration may cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide gender-related treatments to children and teens. Nine major children’s hospitals recently received letters from federal officials seeking information about procedures such as hormone therapy, puberty...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case brought by a group once led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that claimed Facebook censored its vaccine-related content. The Children’s Health...

Moderna’s new flu vaccine, based on the same mRNA technology used in its COVID-19 shot, showed promising results in a major trial, the company announced Monday. The vaccine, called mRNA-1010, was tested in a Phase 3 study...

A new AI tool can help doctors hone in on a patient’s particular type of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says. The AI tool, StateViewer, helped researchers identify a person’s dementia type in 88% of...

Opioid addicts covered by Medicare and Medicaid are less likely to receive the mental health and substance use treatment that they need, a new study says. Addicts with public insurance receive more than twice as many sessions...

The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on Americans’ guts, researchers report. Gut disorders like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study says. Rates of IBS nearly doubled among U.S. adults, rising...