The box jellyfish carries venom powerful enough to stop the human heart within minutes. Medical experts say survival often depends on immediate treatment, as antivenom is not always effective.

It wasn’t just a prison — it was a nightmare made real. Libby Prison, deep in the heart of Confederate Richmond, became ...

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Pioneering research by experts at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in ...

Type 2 diabetes doesn’t just raise the risk of heart disease—it physically reshapes the heart itself. Researchers studying donated human hearts found that diabetes disrupts how heart cells produce ...

Controlling immune cells' internal clocks helped reduce inflammatory damage in conditions like heart attack and sickle cell disease, a mouse study found. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the group’s own guidelines — that found any amount of alcohol to be harmful. By Roni Caryn Rabin For a while, it seemed the ...

Though an estimated 60 million people around the world have atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, a type of irregular and often fast heartbeat, it's been at least 30 years since any new treatments have been ...

Though an estimated 60 million people around the world have atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, a type of irregular and often fast heartbeat, it's been at least 30 years since any new treatments have been ...

The COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives from a virus that has killed more than seven million people globally. Many safety studies and real-world evidence from billions of doses show that the ...

Diagnosis rates of autism among children have more than tripled over the past 15 years. One reason, which Minnesota’s welfare scandal lays bare with shocking details, is Medicaid fraud and abuse.

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