Heart disease

The late Venezuelan president implied that his enemies gave him cancer. Katherine Belov, an expert on transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils, says that is unlikely—but not impossible

A study of San Francisco Bay Area women is the first to link DDT exposure in the womb to a greater risk of developing high blood pressure later in life

The overuse of many medical tests and interventions wastes money and can actually harm patients, say over two dozen medical societies

Mobile phones and tiny sensors are making it easier to quickly flag health trends

Revised guidelines for heart health are set to move away from target-based approach

Quality of care and survival rates have lagged in poorer countries

Implanting electrodes that stimulate deep regions of the brain during early stages of Parkinson’s appears to alleviate some problems with movement, but there are risks

Clinical trial data on new drugs is systematically withheld from doctors and patients, bringing into question many of the premises of the pharmaceutical industry—and the medicine we use

Gene therapy, once off to a rocky start, transforms medicine by getting at the root cause of many diseases

Exercise is good for you, whereas high heels are not, and calling an ambulance saves lives

A new cutting-edge computer simulation of clot formation could improve treatments for stroke and heart attacks

New research shows that the heart does have a limited ability to heal itself, and that small snippets of RNA can be used to stimulate this capacity