1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (698+ words) A heart scan led to far fewer statin recommendations and much higher medication adherence, but a major trial could not prove the strategy was as protective as traditional risk scoring. Who should start taking a statin before a heart attack…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (173+ words) Living to 100 may benefit more than one generation. Children of centenarians tend to live longer while delaying major threats to heart health....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (250+ words) Some unexplained cases of severe tick-related illness may have a previously overlooked cause....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1117+ words) For millions of Americans, walking to the mailbox can feel like running out of air. Yet doctors still struggle to identify the form of heart failure responsible before it causes lasting damage. About 3 million people in the United States live…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (602+ words) A newly identified link between amino acid metabolism and cholesterol production may help prostate tumors adapt to hormone therapy. Prostate cancer can find ways around treatments designed to deprive tumors of the hormones they need to grow. Weill Cornell Medicine…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (356+ words) An unusual immune signature in lung cancer has led researchers toward a potential therapy involving tumor microbes and MAIT cells. Bacteria living inside lung tumors may be doing more than simply occupying the tumor environment. In preclinical research from the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (376+ words) In a two-year head-to-head trial, researchers found that two very different dietary approaches produced similar changes in body weight. Communities in the Southeastern United States experience a greater burden from chronic diseases including diabetes, CVD, and stroke. Dietary patterns are…...