Every day, millions of Americans open a fitness app, glance at their step count, and may even feel a mild pang of guilt before closing it again. The problem with most health tracking technology is that it watches your activity, ...
May 16, 2026
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Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 8 to 12 million Americans. The condition is caused by the buildup of plaque (cholesterol and other substances) inside blood vessels, restricting blood flow to the legs and disproportionately ...
May 16, 2026
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A meta-analysis of 32 studies and 43,618 adults presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey (May 12–15) shows that use of new classes of obesity drugs for weight loss is associated with a clinically ...
May 15, 2026
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A research team co-led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has developed and validated an artificial intelligence model, known as ECG2Stroke, that can predict the risk of a ...
May 14, 2026
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Physicians may one day be able to identify which patients with peripheral artery disease are most likely to develop complications and intervene earlier, thanks to a Northeastern University discovery. Peripheral artery disease ...
May 14, 2026
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The chance of developing cognitive impairment was significantly higher for people who have had a heart attack, according to a study published in Stroke.
May 14, 2026
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Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have identified how two different classes of medication—the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide and the anti-inflammatory drug colchicine—act on the heart to prevent ...
May 13, 2026
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In theory, hypertension is a disease that is both easy to test for and readily treatable with existing medications and lifestyle interventions.
May 13, 2026
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Patients born with heart defects experience their first acute heart attack at a significantly earlier age than others. This is shown by a new national study from Lund University in Sweden. However, despite this earlier onset ...
May 13, 2026
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Obesity is closely intertwined with high blood pressure and diabetes, often putting patients at greater risk for either of these health conditions. It's also associated with arterial stiffening—when the walls of the artery ...
May 13, 2026
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