Metformin could reverse left ventricular hypertrophy, the thickening of the heart’s muscle that can cause heart disease.

A new comic-style brochure helped patients reduce stress by explaining cardiac catheterization, a procedure that inserts a stent to open a narrowed artery to increase blood flow.

After two years of treatment with statins, about half of patients in primary care still don’t hit healthy cholesterol levels.

“Our findings show that health behaviors can respond to a workplace wellness program, but they also temper expectations of realizing large returns on investment in the short term,” said Zirui Song, a researcher at Harvar

The urge for kids to buy junk food is made at a gut-level, triggered by elaborate marketing designed by the product’s manufacturer, a new study says.

A Florida law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against e-cigarette maker JUUL and tobacco company Altria Group, saying they’re violating federal racketeering laws by targeting teens.

Offering consumers more information about added sugar in food products could reduce the number of heart disease and diabetes diagnoses by hundreds of thousands, a new study says.

“The findings force researchers to look beyond the usual suspects behind surgical site infections,” said Sarah Yi, a health scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and study lead author, in a news rel

Nearly 4,000 cases of flu were reported last week in the United States. Outpatient hospital visits related to the flu fell by nearly 3 percent from the previous week.

Researchers, in a new study, are looking to save taxpayer money by lowering health risks linked to smoking.