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President Donald Trump announced agreements with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk that will sharply lower the cost of popular weight-loss drugs.  The deals will make medications such as Wegovy and …

A new study shows that nearly 75% of future stomach cancer cases could be prevented by getting rid of one common bacteria called Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori. Published Monday …

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 …

More than one-third of dementia cases in the U.S. are linked to heart and metabolic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and stroke, according to a new national study. Older …

The Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released a sobering report this week. It reveals what it calls an urgent national crisis: American children are sicker than ever, …

A new study published in JAMA Network Open finds that many U.S. breakfast cereals have become less nutritious over the past decade, with rising levels of sugar, fat, and salt, …

A new study finds that CT scans, widely used in U.S. hospitals and clinics, may be linked to nearly 103,000 cancer cases each year. The findings come from researchers at …

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 …

For older adults worried about memory loss, new research offers a hopeful message: even five minutes of physical activity a day might help protect the brain. A study from Johns …