Health span-lifespan gaps, resulting from health-adjusted life expectancy lagging behind longevity gains, are growing worldwide, with women exhibiting a larger gap than men.

Researchers investigated whether leptin, as a marker of adiposity, could be a link between advanced prostate cancer and coronary heart disease. Leptin levels in patients with advance prostate cancer ...

As prevalence of CVDs continues to increase, the AHA and AMA have developed the Target BP initiative to improve blood pressure control in US adults.

In the era of DOACs, risk for CTEPH following pulmonary embolism is affected by multiple factors, including gender and heart load.

In news that suggests the US opioid epidemic may be easing, drug overdose deaths fell 17% between July 2023 and July 2024.

Acute and accelerated long-term cognitive decline after stroke is prevalent among older stroke survivors, according to the results of a cohort study.

HealthDay News — The Coronary Risk Score in Women (CORSWO) can predict the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), according to a study published online Dec. 5 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic ...

Among children aged 2 to 12 years, less than 35% of well-child visits adhere to universal screening guidelines for blood pressure and lipids.

Among infants aged 6 months and younger who were hospitalized with COVID-19 between October 2022 and April 2024, 1 in 5 required intensive care unit admission, 1 in 20 required mechanical ventilation, ...

Over the past 45 years, cancer prevention and screening accounted for most cancer deaths averted for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers.

In obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), a patient’s gender is not independently linked to worse clinical outcomes after adjusting for age.

Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been charged with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism.