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Twenty percent of patients at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease refuse to take physician-recommended statin medication, with that number being significantly higher among females, a new study shows....Read More

French and U.S.-based researchers say that a device that uses ultrasound to calm nerves in the kidneys also can assist in regulating high blood pressure....Read More

A new study has confirmed a link between COVID-19, and to a lesser degree the COVID-19 vaccine, with the heart condition postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS....Read More

Amgen, a California-based biotech company, said Monday it will purchase Horizon Therapeutics for about $28.3 billion....Read More

New research has identified how early-life trauma — including child abuse and neglect — may change the brain to increase a person’s risk of binge eating later in life....Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday amended emergency use authorization for Pfizer and Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccines to include kids 6 months and older....Read More

Having a genetic predisposition to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, can predict cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease in old age, early research suggests....Read More

A new study finds statins not only lower a person’s risk of stroke due to a blood clot, but can also lower the risk of the deadliest kind of stroke, an intracerebral hemorrhage or bleeding stroke....Read More

A new guideline aims to inform doctors about how best to use the latest medications and technologies to lower the risk of episodes of dangerously low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, in people with diabetes....Read More

Drug overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum people in the United States have risen sharply in recent years — especially in 2020, coinciding with the pandemic’s onset, a new study says....Read More