A new study finds that obesity and high blood pressure may directly cause dementia, not just increase the risk.

Deaths from heart disease and stroke are declining, but still kill more Americans than any other cause, according to new data ...

Excess body weight appears to be a direct cause of vascular dementia, with the damage largely driven by high blood pressure.

Mother Nature has come to visit North Carolina and she didn’t bring a basket of sunshine and warmth. Currently, the Southern ...

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths among people under 50 in the US, a study in the Journal of the ...

A recent study revealed that colon cancer has become the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among Americans under 50, ...

Health and medicine is more than just biological—societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory ...

Sparks were reported at the Montgomery Station on Aug. 29, at Lake Merritt Station on Sept. 20 and in the Transbay Tube on ...

The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of ...

A new study reveals that genetic technology can identify male infertility causes, enhancing IVF decisions and reducing ...

A new report from the American Heart Association highlights where heart disease stands in the U.S.