Abstaining from alcohol during Dry January, or even cutting back if you drink moderately to heavily, can lead to a slight decrease in blood pressure. However, returning to or increasing alcohol ...

Bell's palsy is a condition wherein the person may suffer from paralysis or weakness of the facial muscles, commonly ...

Research reveals that having cavities and gum disease dramatically increases your risk of potentially fatal health events.

If you watched Kim Kardashian's latest health update and felt a jolt at the phrase "holes on the brain," you were not alone. It is a term that sounds catastrophic. Yet on the type of scan she had, a ...

It’s second nature for some people to pour a glass of wine on a nice evening or to pop open a can of beer during a sports event — but when does drinking become too much? Heavy alcohol use, which ...

A drying climate in East Africa reduced the amount of water in Kenya’s Lake Turkana over thousands of years, which unleashed earthquakes and volcanoes from underneath it. This hazard of climate change ...

Cardiac emergencies are more likely in the weeks after a bout of COVID or flu, while long-lasting viral illnesses like shingles threaten heart health for years. New research concluded that COVID and ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest health system with 190 hospitals, improved stroke cause identification by 33% through a pilot program at 10 of its stroke centers. HCA ...

(WGHP) — October 29 is World Stroke Day. Strokes are one of the leading causes of disability in the United States. Nearly 800,000 Americans will suffer a stroke this year, and those who survive may ...

Stroke can happen to anyone, at any age and at any time. The number of strokes among younger adults under 55 is rising worldwide, and every day in the UK around 240 people experience the traumatic and ...