SEATTLE — A groundbreaking study reveals that more than 99% of people who suffered cardiac events like heart attacks or strokes already had "nonoptimal" levels of at least one common risk factor, ...

There are many different types of heart disease. Most happen due to plaque build-up from conditions like high blood pressure ...

Three of the most common aging-related diseases share many of the same risk factors — and they can all be reduced through lifestyle changes. That’s according to a new study from Mass General Brigham ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. The good news is that early detection ...

American roads have grown deadlier for everyone, but the toll on pedestrians has been disproportionate. From a record low in 2009, the number of pedestrians being killed by vehicles rose 83 percent by ...

More than a third of the world's population is affected by metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, the most common chronic liver disease in the world. MASLD occurs when fat ...

Source: ג'ון טניאל. (derivative work by user:אילילה) [Public domain]/Wikimedia Commons In 1936, researcher Saul Rosenweig argued that factors common to different therapy models have a greater ...

Researchers found that commonly used processed fats made from palm and plant oils do not raise heart disease risks when eaten in normal dietary amounts. Two kinds of processed hard fats commonly found ...

Hearing is vital for daily life, but surprising factors beyond age and loud noise can cause damage. Conditions like diabetes, ...

A new study from Keck Medicine (USC) has shed light on which among the usual suspects are the most dangerous when it comes to ...