People with shorter protective caps at the end of their chromosomes (called telomeres) may be more likely to develop age-related brain diseases such as stroke, dementia and late-life depression ...

Someone dies of heart disease about every 34 seconds in the US, according to a new report, confirming the often preventable ...

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, at a cost of about 700,000 lives per year. For ...

Although long-term nursing home stay or death decreased before the COVID-19 pandemic, the trend slowed during the pandemic ...