Heart disease

New recommendations to expand statin use will save lives but also raise questions about aggressively treating the healthy

Individuals carrying the variant had shorter telomeres, stretches of DNA at the ends of chromosomes that protect them from daily wear--and also aging

Research into both coyote and human behavior informs strategies to reduce urban-nature clashes and make peace with animal neighbors

Despite much concern about diseases spreading through Haiti's earthquake-shattered areas, one epidemiologist explains that mental health issues will be more widespread

A second study links BPA measured in human urine to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease

White-nose syndrome continues to baffle

The new advice could make three to five million more people eligible to take antiretroviral drugs

From solar power to powering our planet with garbage, Scientific American explores ideas that would improve our planet

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), developed at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic, uses low frequency sound waves to determine whether tissues and organs are too stiff, a sign of trouble

As nicotine use spreads across Africa, cancer-fighting groups are advocating for stringent smoke-free laws as tobacco companies lobby to expand in a growing continental market

Whereas some scientists are using the stomach to help grow a cardiac patch, others are putting heart cells together on a scaffold where they are keeping a beat on their own