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High blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking during middle age may be linked to substantially fewer years of life without dementia, according to a new study. Researchers found that people who …

Recent findings reveal that smoking drugs has now overtaken injecting as the predominant method of drug intake leading to fatalities. [Source] This revelation, detailed in a study by the Centers …

Regularly drinking very hot coffee or tea was linked to about three times the risk of one type of esophageal cancer, according to a large study involving nearly 1 million …

A major new study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs found no evidence that any amount of alcohol provides a protective health benefit and concluded that …

New heart guidelines are urging Americans to take cholesterol more seriously earlier in life, with doctors now recommending screening and possible treatment starting in their 30s. The updated guidance from …

New research from the American Heart Association shows that even light smoking can cause serious harm to the heart and raise the risk of early death. The study found that …

Data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association show that heart attack deaths among U.S. adults have fallen by 89 percent since 1970.  However, fatalities from arrhythmias, heart …

Brain diseases such as stroke, dementia, and depression have more in common than previously thought, according to a new study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.  Researchers …

A recent study indicates that pairing two cholesterol-lowering drugs could potentially save nearly 50,000 American lives each year by sharply reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Heart disease …

A new study has delivered discouraging news for the millions of Americans suffering from chronic back pain: Only one in ten common treatments actually work. Researchers from the University of …