Heart disease remains the number one killer worldwide, outstripping all other causes of death as key risk factors continue to ...

The panel laid out alternative causes of death in many of the cases, including natural causes and poor medical care.

The American Heart Association has issued the 2025 update to its annual heart disease and stroke statistics report, detailing ...

Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis, Vijay Rathinam and colleagues in the UConn School of Medicine report in the Jan. 23 issue of Cell.

Tobacco use has long been considered one of the leading preventable causes of death in the U.S. and worldwide. However, smoking rates have been on a steady decline among both adults and youth ...