Dairy fat has been making the headlines. Here’s what to know. By Alice Callahan In a large new study published today, researchers found that eating high-fat cheese or cream was associated with a lower ...

A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended. By Roni ...

Having a smartphone may be harmful for children younger than 12, according to a new study. The study published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics found that owning a smartphone during ...

“I’ll worry about my heart health when I’m older.” That may be too late, doctors warn. While the average age for being diagnosed with heart disease in the United States is typically in the mid-60s for ...

Just as saving for retirement starts early, so should protecting your heart. A new Northwestern Medicine study introduces a first-of-its-kind online calculator that uses percentiles to help younger ...

A newer tool used to assess cardiovascular disease risk comes with both answers…and some questions. “These results were not surprising to us,” investigators Adam Bress, PharmD, MS, and Catherine ...

Assessing the risk of radiation-induced hematologic cancer from medical imaging in children and adolescents might support informed decisions on the use of imaging. We followed a retrospective cohort ...

BURLINGTON—Researchers at the University of Vermont have developed a more precise way to assess stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a condition that affects 10.5 million Americans ...

Cardiovascular risk prediction using the new PREVENT calculator developed by the American Heart Association appears to have variable calibration depending on the patients, their underlying ...

From low-carb ice cream to keto protein bars to “sugar-free” soda, the decades-old sweetener erythritol is everywhere. But new CU Boulder research shows the popular sugar substitute and specialty food ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

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