Background Heart auscultation is a widely used and cost-effective clinical tool for detecting valvular heart disease (VHD), particularly in primary care. However, existing evidence on its diagnostic ...

Understand the risks and which are avoidable. Heart attacks increase during holidays due to stress, overeating, and heavy drinking. Cold weather, disrupted routines, and missed medications raise ...

Back in July, the U.S. POINTER study showed that a structured lifestyle makeover in older adults slightly improves scores on memory and thinking tests (Baker et al., 2025; Aug 2025 conference news).

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EXCLUSIVE: The White House is officially decorated for Christmas with a decor and a theme personally selected by first lady Melania Trump to celebrate the holiday season — "Home is Where the Heart Is.

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This article was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Earlier this year I got an Oura ring to track the state of my health. Soon ...

A Gen Z woman has gone viral after sharing her theory on what she calls the “Gen Alpha accent”—a way of speaking she’s noticed among younger kids. Vivian Peterson (@veeveeunn), 20, a full-time student ...

Valentina Dargam receives funding from Florida Heart Research Foundation and National Institute of Health. Joshua Hutcheson receives funding from the Florida Heart Research Foundation, the American ...

When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a stethoscope is a telltale sign that they’re a clinician. This medical device has been around for over 200 years and remains a staple ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- People with heart failure (HF) may have congestion events detected early using a speech processing app on their smartphone, according to preliminary training data from HearO technology.

Space horror is a part of our popular culture. An episode of "Doctor Who" called "Listen," featuring Peter Capaldi in the titular role, saw the Doctor investigate a supposed creature that can never ...