“The effect of lower doses of radiation on the heart and blood vessels may have been underestimated in the past,” experts explained in BMJ.

The medication can reverse an opioid overdose and is a critical, life-saving product now able to be sold directly to consumers in places like pharmacies, convenience stores, grocers, gas stations and online, the FDA said.

Xylazine is a sedative intended for animals such as horses and cattle, but it is increasingly being found mixed with strong opioids such as fentanyl.

When should a clinician tell a patient they have a gene variant that appeared incidentally but may have ramifications for cardiovascular health?

Dutch woman Murial van der Draaij first launched the effort, characterizing the traditional compression exam as "torture." 

“Medications shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg, metaphorically or literally,” says Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost “Insulin is just a symptom of the problem; PBMs are the disease.”

Technology-forward health insurance company Oscar Health has named Mark Bertolini as CEO, effective April 3.

Patients hospitalized for severe infectious diseases are at heightened risk of major cardiovascular-disease events within a month of admission date.