Beta blockers may offer no benefit for heart attack patients, and women can have worse outcomes

Depression is among the most widespread psychiatric disorders, experienced by an estimated 3.8% of the global population. It is characterized by persistent low mood and a loss of interest in most activities, as well as possible disruptions in eating and sleeping habits.

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) appears to develop as a result of changes in the biology of a person's internal fat tissue, according to the Adipokine Hypothesis, a new way of understanding how fat may impact the heart.

In sports such as wrestling, boxing, rowing, weight lifting and the martial arts, athletes are grouped by weight to make things fairer.

If your social life has been lived out in Zoom calls since the height of the pandemic, Labor Day weekend is prime time for a reboot.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now providing real-time, daily publication updates on adverse event data from its reporting system.

New research from the University of Aberdeen challenges the current view that trauma in childhood increases the risk of all health conditions. The study found instead that some conditions are more affected than others and women are more affected than men.

An experimental aged-care model in South Australia, where purpose-built independent retirement living apartments are co-located with an early learning center, is seeking to foster connections between residents and children.

Vitamin D supplements could help protect the caps on our chromosomes that slow aging, sparking hopes the sunshine vitamin might keep us healthier for longer, a recent study suggests.

One shot of an RSV vaccine protects adults aged 60 or older from RSV-associated hospitalization and critical illness during two consecutive RSV seasons, according to a study published in JAMA by the IVY Network research group.

A new treatment has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people whose levels stay dangerously high, despite taking several existing medicines, according to the results of a Phase III clinical trial led by a UCL Professor.

Internal physiological states, such as digestion, breathing and heartbeat, have been consistently linked to mental, psychological and emotional experiences. This body-mind connection is known to be supported by interoception, the innate ability to sense internal physiological states and sensations, such as hunger, thirst, pain, the urge to use the toilet, heartbeats, breathing and so on.

From images of fruit to claims of being "sugar free," manufacturers of baby and toddler foods try to convince parents their products are a healthy choice, convenient and good for their child's development.

A New York City hospital and another city-run building were sources for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Harlem that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others, health officials announced Friday.

An AI-enabled stethoscope can help doctors pick up three heart conditions in just 15 seconds, according to the results of a real-world trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology's annual congress in Madrid.

A major new analysis from the REBOOT (Treatment with Beta-blockers after Myocardial Infarction without Reduced Ejection Fraction) clinical trial, an international study coordinated by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), published in the European Heart Journal has revealed important sex-specific differences in the effects of beta-blockers following heart attacks, raising questions about long-standing treatment practices.

Sex-selective abortion bans (SSABs)—which prohibit the seeking of abortions based on the fetus' sex—increase the likelihood of low birth weight and preterm births among infants born to Asian immigrant mothers, according to a new study by Yale sociologist Emma Zang.

EPFL researchers have developed a powerful method to generate brain-wide, biologically realistic wiring maps of the mouse brain. Their approach bridges experimental data with mathematical and computational modeling to simulate how neurons connect across the entire brain.

Hormonal birth control is a fact of life for millions of women. In the U.S. alone, more than 60 million women of reproductive age have used contraceptives according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most often to prevent pregnancy but also to manage conditions such as endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome and irregular cycles.