We’ve long known the usual suspects behind heart disease: high cholesterol, genetics, smoking. But what if a key accomplice has been hiding in your mouth this whole time? New research is turning a sharp eye toward an unexpected player in ...

For millions, it’s a silent threat, a creeping number on a medical chart that quietly builds pressure on the body’s most vital systems. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a relentless driver of cardiovascular disease. But in the fight to ...

The fever breaks, but the fatigue settles in like a permanent fog. The joints ache, the mind feels clouded, and the classic bull’s-eye rash—the one textbook sign of Lyme disease—never appeared. For a growing number of people, this is the ...

Anxiety disorders affect nearly 4% of the world’s population, with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) being one of the most common and debilitating forms. Despite a range of therapies — from antidepressants to psychotherapy — about half of patients do not ...

For decades, the fight against Alzheimer’s has been a race against a clock that starts ticking in secret. The disease begins its silent, relentless work of dismantling the brain up to 20 years before the first noticeable memory lapse, the ...

We’ve been told for years that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But now, researchers are asking a different question: When exactly should that meal happen? A compelling new study suggests that the timing of your first bite might ...

For anyone with a heart condition, the annual arrival of flu season brings a familiar sense of dread. A simple respiratory virus isn’t just a nuisance; it’s a threat capable of pushing a fragile cardiovascular system to its breaking point. ...

In the daily fight against high blood pressure, a condition that stalks millions of Americans, one of the most effective weapons is not a costly prescription drug but a simple shaker on the kitchen table. For decades, we’ve known that ...

The tragedy of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s has always been a story told in reverse. By the time the diagnosis arrives—prompted by a forgotten name, a trembling hand—the disease has already been silently laying siege to the brain for years, even ...

  For decades, the villains of heart disease have been clear: high cholesterol, smoking, and elevated blood pressure. Millions of women dutifully manage these risks, believing they are in the clear. But a startling truth is emerging from one of ...