From moving your body a bit more to cutting back on salt, even small but steady changes can improve heart health.

A mom's health during pregnancy is not likely to influence her child's risk of autism, a new study argues. Many previous studies have reported such a link, but researchers say nearly all these ...

A mom’s health during pregnancy is not likely to influence her child’s risk of autism, a new study argues.Many previou ...

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A new report published Monday found that heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States.

There are two kinds of risk factors for dementia: non-modifiable and modifiable. Non-modifiable risk factors are ones that cannot be changed or eliminated, like aging, family history and genetics.

Most previous research in this area has looked at genetics passed down through generations, but here, the team was able to identify 15 different lifestyle and health factors that are associated with ...

Risk factors are determinants associated with an increased risk of a disease. Risk factors can be genetic or an aspect of personal behavior, lifestyle or environmental exposure. Recent results ...

However, this heightened immune activity also increases the risk of the immune system attacking ... Dr Arora says that there are other causal factors too, for instance, sedentary lifestyle ...