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Millions of Americans can now receive a second COVID-19 booster shot, but who specifically is eligible? The Food and Drug Administration last month authorized an...

High-risk patients who need defibrillators to prevent cardiac arrest can experience fewer complications with a type of device implanted under the skin, a Canadian...

A new study published in the journal of Neurology Genetics suggests that genes may not be the cause of increased risk for heart disease. Now...

Approximately 144 million women live in the United States. More than 8 million of those 144 million women are living with heart disease. Women...

More and more mutations clutter up our DNA as we age. Mostly, these don’t cause problems. But sometimes, a switch will flip, and a...

Numerous studies have reported the health benefits of vitamin D. Now, a new study has reported that a deficiency of the vitamin may accelerate...

Age-related changes in strength and mobility may depend on genetic variations in a critical mitochondrial enzyme, suggests a study published today in eLife. The results...

Worldwide, stroke is the second leading cause of death, responsible for 4.4 million (9 percent) of the total 50.5 million deaths each year. Stroke...

New UC Riverside research shows fungi and bacteria able to survive redwood tanoak forest megafires are microbial “cousins” that often increase in abundance after...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary...

New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain, helping scientists better understand how...

Children of depressed parents are at an increased risk of developing depression themselves, a combination of both genetic and environmental factors. However, because offspring...