Diseases

If you have heart disease, your doctor should now be checking your kidneys too

New European guidelines say every heart patient needs a routine kidney check.

AFib is behind 1 in 7 US strokes, and its symptoms often look like everyday fatigue

The most common serious heart rhythm disorder often feels like ordinary stress or tiredness.

Ozempic may cut your asthma attack risk by nearly 40%

New research links semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, to sharply fewer asthma attacks.

These teenagers most likely to develop an eating disorder

A large review of 51 studies found the opposite of what most clinicians expect.

Secondhand smoke killed 1.66 million people last year: Here’s what it does to the heart

A new study estimates that 2.7 billion people breathed someone else's smoke in 2023.

If you have heart disease, your doctor should now be checking your kidneys too

New European guidelines say every heart patient needs a routine kidney check.

AFib is behind 1 in 7 US strokes, and its symptoms often look like everyday fatigue

The most common serious heart rhythm disorder often feels like ordinary stress or tiredness.

Ozempic may cut your asthma attack risk by nearly 40%

New research links semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, to sharply fewer asthma attacks.

These teenagers most likely to develop an eating disorder

A large review of 51 studies found the opposite of what most clinicians expect.

Weeks of bad air quality could make your arthritis flares more frequent and severe

A large four-year study links prolonged PM2.5 exposure to worse rheumatoid arthritis symptoms.

FDA clears a new engineered virus therapy for treatment-resistant advanced melanoma

Tudriqev pairs a modified herpes virus with nivolumab for melanoma that stopped responding to immunotherapy.

After 50, a hidden shift in your brain may quietly raise your dementia risk

New NIH-funded research reveals a midlife immune overhaul in the memory center.

A new type of gum cut oral HPV levels by 93% – and it may help prevent head and neck cancer

In ex vivo tests, extracts from the experimental gum cut HPV in saliva samples by 93%.

Your gut may be missing a key bacterium that healthy people tend to have more of

A global study points to a long-overlooked gut microbe called CAG-170.

Medical breakthrough could boost lung transplants

A breakthrough could help save hundreds more lives through lung transplants.