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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) or heart diseases are still the leading cause of death globally. Fortunately, doctors are now equipped with more advanced and sophisticated tools that help them diagnose CVDs. A prominent example is intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), which enables cardiologists to obtain images of the inside of blood vessels using a thin ultrasound probe. These images can then be used to assess problems such as the thickening of arteries caused by fat or plaque buildup.

Deaths from cardiovascular disease are elevated on polluted days and for two days afterwards, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2023 and published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

A multi-state study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) VISION Network confirms that the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine has provided children and adolescents, ages 5-17, with protection against both moderate and severe COVID-19 outcomes.

Communities with high proportions of lower-income and elderly people in rural areas are the most vulnerable to groundwater pollution from hydraulic fracturing in the Appalachian Basin, according to a new study in GeoHealth.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system. If not treated, it can lead to the autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Almost half of Australian adults are harmed by alcoholic products consumed by another person, a new study indicates, as researchers probe alcohol’s widespread negative effects.

Hepatitis C and hepatitis B viruses both attack the liver, eventually causing deadly cirrhosis or cancer. But while antivirals can cure 95% of HCV infections, its cousin HBV has long eluded effective therapeutics. As a result, nearly 1 million people die from HBV every year.

The legal battle over an abortion pill that accounts for more than half of the abortions in the United States appears to be headed to the Supreme Court.

People with myotonic dystrophy experience progressive muscle weakness and repeated episodes of painless muscle stiffness called myotonia.

In a disappointing finding, a new report shows that suicide rates in America are on the upswing again after a momentary, and minute, decline.