Heart disease

A life of tension may hasten the onset of Alzheimer's

In this chapter from his new e-book, journalist Carl Zimmer tries to reconcile the visions of techno-immortalists with the exigencies imposed by real-world biology

Most deaths from cancer and heart disease now occur in the poorer parts of the world

Could exercising regularly and not smoking help to delay dementia?

Technological and analytical advances are helping to take environmental exposures the route of genetic profiles in predicting a person's disease risk with greater precision

The Human Genome Project has failed so far to produce the medical miracles that scientists promised. Biologists are now divided over what, if anything, went wrong—and what needs to happen next

A new imaging technique shows how diseases work in real time

Food-makers should have to prove the validity of their health claims

A slight daily mean temperature decline can increase the number of heart attacks for up to a month, new research shows

New understanding of epigenetics, or the molecular processes that control genes, show how it underlies hereditary forms of obesity and cancer

A new artificial heart ventricular pump uses a power driver shrunken to 3 percent of its original weight, yet is able to generate enough energy to maintain optimum pumping capacity

Numerous ideas circulate for using diet and exercise to waylay the leading cause of dementia, but the evidence to back solid biomedical recommendations is weak