A medicine that has been used for years to treat gout might also help reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

All bodily systems are connected and help inform one another; some link in ways that may surprise you. A new study highlights ...

Official data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that dementia, including Alzheimer's, became the leading cause of death in Australia in 2024, surpassing heart disease for the first time ...

Your eyes—retinal blood vessels and retinal imaging—may help predict heart disease, according to a new study. Here, doctors ...

The Trump administration has directed U.S. visa officers to consider chronic health conditions such as obesity, heart disease ...

UT Southwestern’s Zhao Zhang awarded Jack Sarver Prize in Basic Science for shedding light on a group of conditions affecting ...

Mayo Clinic scientists have developed a new method to predict Alzheimer's risk decades before symptoms appear, using brain scans and genetics to estimate a 10-year likelihood.

Global rates of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in childhood and adolescence have nearly doubled since 2000.

The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding ...

A new U.S. visa directive lets officials weigh chronic illnesses like diabetes or obesity, raising fears of discrimination and a return to “public charge” policies.

Centenary Institute researchers have uncovered new genetic causes of inherited heart conditions, providing families with ...

Thiazolidinediones are medications that reduce blood glucose levels and are now used to help people with chronic kidney disease (CKD: defined as long-term damage to the kidneys that reduces their ...