Diseases

Getting vaccinated against shingles may cut your heart attack risk nearly in half

Two studies now tie the Shingrix vaccine to lower rates of heart attack and stroke.

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.

Getting vaccinated against shingles may cut your heart attack risk nearly in half

Two studies now tie the Shingrix vaccine to lower rates of heart attack and stroke.

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.

Early warning signs of colorectal cancer that younger adults should not ignore

The disease is climbing fast in younger adults, and its early signs are easily brushed aside.

8 self-treatment mistakes that can drag out a cold or flu, from antibiotics to alcohol

Some common home remedies quietly make you sicker.

Doctors long told heart patients to avoid coffee – a randomized trial just found the opposite

A JAMA trial upends decades of standard cardiology advice.

Even light activity linked to lower stroke and death risk in atrial fibrillation

A large Norwegian study finds any movement helps, and inactive AFib patients have the most to gain.

Three midlife risk factors tied to nearly 13 more dementia-free years, NYU study finds

A large new NYU Langone analysis followed people for 26 years to reach the figure.

Novo Nordisk drug fails to cut heart attacks, unsettling a leading heart-disease theory

Ziltivekimab lowered inflammation as designed, but did not prevent cardiovascular events in a large phase 3 trial.