A century-old mystery of a stubborn cold patch in the North Atlantic is finally being unraveled. A new study links this anomaly to a long-term weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning ...

Malignant pericardial effusion: A high-risk marker for in-hospital mortality and cardiovascular collapse in cancer patients. Long-term comparative risk of cardiovascular complications in patients ...

The Vertex system. [Image courtesy of Jupiter Endovascular] Jupiter Endovascular today shared findings from the SPIRARE II pivotal trial evaluating its Vertex pulmonary embolectomy system. SPIRARE II ...

We look into the body’s circulatory systems. By Sam Sifton I’m the host of The Morning. We’ve long known about two systems in the human body that circulate fluids. A physician in Italy observed the ...

The potential collapse of a key Atlantic ocean current − due to human-caused climate change − is in the news again. You'd be hard-pressed to come up with a scarier scenario than what's going on now ...

Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare heart condition in which one or more of the veins that carry blood from the lungs to the heart are narrowed. It may occur after surgery for certain congenital heart ...

The critical system of ocean currents which loops around the Atlantic Ocean is weakening and could be far closer to collapse than previously thought, according to two new studies — an event which ...

Samsung has spent years trying to convince us that a smartphone shaped like a remote control was the pinnacle of innovation. It wasn't. But finally, the engineers in Suwon seem to have looked at a map ...

The intention-to-treat population comprised 544 patients: 273 in the intervention group and 271 in the control group. The mean (±SD) age was 58.2±13.5 years, and 42.6% of the patients were women. A ...

As spring travel, family gatherings, and outdoor activities begin to ramp up, health experts say now is a critical time for Americans to catch up on routine and overdue vaccines. Warmer weather brings ...

In light of the extended respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season and anticipated continued activity, this health advisory provides clinicians with updated recommendations for RSV vaccination for ...

Data are needed on the effect of oxygen delivered through a high-flow nasal cannula, as compared with standard oxygen therapy, on intubation and mortality in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory ...