There are many difficulties in converting any biological research into a medicine that will treat patients. Because of the ...

When we experience chest pain, the first question that often leaps to mind is Am I having a heart attack? The good news: Many ...

February is American Heart Month. It was declared so by a joint resolution of Congress passed on Dec. 30, 1963, requesting the president issue an annual proclamation each year. This is a rare issue ...

Dr. Jeff Bohmer, Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, joins Bob Sirott to talk about a study that looks at the correlation of an increased ...

I am a 69-year-old woman who was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). I used statins for over a decade but ...

I am a 69-year-old woman who was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). I used statins for over a decade but developed vulvar lichen sclerosus (LS), which only went away when I stopped the ...

Of all the medical breakthroughs introduced during the past 125 years, possibly no medicine has saved so many lives as the tiny, economical, humble-appearing aspirin. We can thank Felix Hoffman or ...

Drinking large amounts of non-fermented milk may increase the risk of heart disease in women, according to new research ...

February is American Heart Month, a highlight of which is Wear Red Day, which aims to raise awareness about heart disease in ...

While there is merit to this, a new survey indicates that the over-the-counter (OTC) medication could be doing more harm than ...

Testosterone worsens the damage caused by a heart attack by increasing the number of white blood cells released from the bone marrow.