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Health Usha Lee McFarling

Kale crackers and hibiscus tea: My five days on a ‘fasting diet’

Biotech Damian Garde

Data show strong results for Alnylam therapy for heart disease, but magnitude of benefit will stir debate

Health Tech Mario Aguilar

An ambitious stroke prevention study tests the Apple Watch’s promise in health

Health Katherine Gilyard

Study: religious practice, spirituality can improve Black Americans’ cardiovascular health

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

New research digs into the genetic drivers of heart failure, with an eye to precision treatments

Biotech Damian Garde

Alnylam therapy for increasingly common heart disease succeeds in closely watched trial

The Readout LOUD Damian Garde and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: CRISPR for the heart, biotech’s recovery, & what it means to be a ‘hot girl’

Biotech Matthew Herper and Megan Molteni

Verve Therapeutics begins human tests of first ‘base editor,’ aiming at heart disease

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Special Report Damian Garde

It’s the cardiovascular version of Alzheimer’s — and, for a biotech with a promising drug, it could be a windfall

Health Lindsey Tanner — Associated Press

Advice shifting on aspirin use for preventing heart attacks

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Health Elizabeth Cooney

‘Information alone is not enough’: New Jackson Heart Study leader commits to putting research into action

Health Tech Mario Aguilar

With Apple’s backing, can an app help heart attack patients navigate recovery?

In the Lab Kevin Lin

Scientists devise a battery-free pacemaker that can be absorbed by the body

In the Lab Megan Molteni

Gene therapy to regenerate cardiac muscle after a heart attack passes a key test in pigs

First Opinion Cynthia A. Stuenkel and JoAnn E. Manson

Are five decades of progress in women’s health in peril?

In the Lab Shraddha Chakradhar

In new study, stem cells self-organize into a mini model of a beating heart

Health Tech Casey Ross

AI caught a hidden problem in one patient’s heart. Can it work for others?

Health Usha Lee McFarling

When a cardiologist flagged the lack of diversity at premier medical journals, the silence was telling

Health Rebecca Sohn

Substance use, suicide, and cardiometabolic conditions drive rise in working-age mortality, report finds

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Challenging the link between statins and muscle pain, patients report no difference in aches when taking drug or placebo

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: FDA scientists say J&J Covid-19 shot is effective; vaccine makers predict big jump in deliveries this month

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Access to heart drugs improves in middle-income countries, but still lags compared to wealthy nations

Health Tech Erin Brodwin

Google expands its health goals with new wellness features for Pixel phones

Biotech Matthew Herper

Failed study spawns fresh debate about fish-oil-derived drugs for heart disease

Health Associated Press

Big study supports cheap combo pill to lower heart risks

In the Lab Priyanka Runwal

New research maps out the nutrients that fuel a beating heart