One Treatment Is Better For Women With Clogged Arteries, Study Finds

The best treatment for clogged arteries might be different for women than men, a new study says.

Females with heart disease are often treated with stenting, a procedure in which a tiny wire-mesh tube is slipped inside a blocked artery to keep it open.

But women might be better off if they received full-fledged bypass surgery to fix t...

Internal Body Clock Linked To Dementia Risk

Sleep problems might be an early warning sign of dementia, a new study says.

Circadian rhythms that are weaker and more fragmented are tied to an increased risk of dementia, researchers reported Dec. 29 in the journal Neurology.

In fact, people with weak circadian rhythms have a more than doubled risk of dementia, results sh...

AI Could Help Make Liposuction Safer, Experts Say

Considering some plastic surgery as part of a New Year’s makeover?

A newly developed AI model is promising to make liposuction a safer procedure by accurately predicting blood loss among patients.

Overall, the AI was 94% accurate in predicting the amount of blood a person would lose during high-volume liposuction, researchers r...

Veterans Affairs Chief on Harassment: 'Behavior is Either Acceptable or It is Not'

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is drafting vets and survivors, caregivers and health workers, as well as visitors to VA centers nationwide in a war on sexual harassment and assault.

"There is no wrong door for reporting harassment or sexual assault," VA Secretary Douglas Collins wrote Dec. 29 in an email to vets and benefici...

Why Your Gut May Stall Out And What To Do About It

Does it sometimes feel like your supper is sitting like a boulder in your gut?

You may have a condition called gastroparesis.

About 1 in 4 people have symptoms of the disorder, which causes the stomach to empty slowly, according to the National Institutes of Health.

“Patients don’t come in telling you they have a ga...

Doubting Your Doubts May Help You Stick to Big Life Goals, Research Shows

When people start doubting whether they can reach an important life goal, it often feels like a sign to give up. 

But a new study suggests questioning those doubts can actually strengthen commitment.

The research — led by Patrick Carroll, a psychology professor at Ohio State University — found that people who were en...