Cardiovascular diseases are still the world’s top killer, yet new research suggests they are far less random than they can ...

An international collaborative study published in Science Bulletin reveals that over 680,000 new cases of hepatocellular ...

Four in 10 cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults 30 years old and older in 2019 were linked to “modifiable” risk factors like smoking, drinking, poor diet and not getting ...

A recent review found that there were several modifiable and nonmodifiable factors that can affect the treatment adherence of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Modifiable and nonmodifiable risk ...

A novel study empirically linking a standardized measure of community resilience in more than 3,100 U.S. counties to cognitive, mental, and physical health outcomes shows that counties with fewer ...

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City finds that patients without standard modifiable heart risk factors who experience a heart attack are common and more likely to ...

Stiffness of the aorta -- more so than blood pressure or subclinical brain disease -- is a key risk factor for dementia. Since aortic stiffness can be reduced by medication and healthy lifestyle ...

Maggie O’Neill is a health writer and reporter based in New York who specializes in covering medical research and emerging wellness trends, with a focus on cancer and addiction. Prior to her time at ...