In the ISCHEMIA trial, women with chronic coronary disease received less-intense guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) overall compared with men and were thus less likely to achieve various goals ...

Your risk for pancreatic cancer increases as you get older. It’s also more common in males than females. But avoiding smoking, eating a balanced diet, exercising enough, and limiting alcohol ...

Two surprising new risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease are noted in a new study. Untreated vision loss and high levels of LDL cholesterol have been linked to a greater chance of developing the common ...

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Kidney cancer is one of the 10 most-diagnosed cancers in the United States. Like many of the other cancers on that list—including colon and rectal cancer—kidney cancer is more common now than it used ...

Breast cancer incidence is likely to continue to rise, experts project. They also highlight that almost one third of cases ...

One in 33 babies in the United States are born with birth defects. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness of ways to lower that risk. The study points ...