Another easy switch is to choose whole grains, like brown rice or quinoa, over refined products. “A shift from refined bread, ...

A study by Penn State showed that mammograms found calcium deposits in the arteries of the breast. The deposits can help predict a woman's risk of heart attack and more. Breast arterial calcification, ...

Routine mammograms are best known as a front-line tool for detecting breast cancer. But new research suggests the same X-ray images may also offer an early warning sign for cardiovascular disease—the ...

A recent study published in the January 2026 edition of Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy determined that the popular artificial sweetener aspartame may harm the heart and brain. When administering to ...

The artificial sweetener aspartame is commonly found in diet sodas and sugar-free products Getty A new study is exploring the link between an artificial sweetener and heart and brain function. Widely ...

The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the group’s own guidelines — that found any amount of alcohol to be harmful. By Roni Caryn Rabin For a while, it seemed the ...

If angina pectoris – pain, pressure or tightness and shortness of breath – suddenly occurs even at rest, this can indicate an imminent heart attack. Emily Wabitsch/dpa/dpa-tmn A heart attack is a ...

Starting in the 1960s, Mattel introduced a toy that would soon have parents all over America stepping over orange plastic tracks and trying not to crush their kid’s favorite die-cast hot rod. Hot ...

Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the health care system with more than 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and more than 41,000 adult deaths in the United States. Worldwide, more than one ...

Now, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a bacterial enzyme that may be ...

Clinicians may fail to recognize common side effects of drugs like gabapentin — which are frequently prescribed for nerve pain — leading them to prescribe unnecessary medications that cause yet more ...

A new patch developed by Texas A&M University researcher Dr. Ke Huang may offer a way to help the heart heal after a heart attack. The patch uses a unique microneedle system to deliver a therapeutic ...