cardiovascular disease

In the Lab Shraddha Chakradhar

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

Health Tech Casey Ross

STAT Plus: 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

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

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

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

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

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

Health Tech Erin Brodwin

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

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: 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

STAT Plus: New research maps out the nutrients that fuel a beating heart

Biotech Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: Study of experimental heart drug from Cytokinetics, Amgen meets goal — but still disappoints

Health Tech Erin Brodwin

STAT Plus: Blood pressure and cholesterol checks are ‘falling through the cracks’ of virtual primary care

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Bristol Myers Squibb to buy MyoKardia for $13 billion

Health Pratibha Gopalakrishna

New research shows older adults are still often excluded from clinical trials

In the Lab Pratibha Gopalakrishna

STAT Plus: In research on pigs, scientists test a new way to boost recovery after a heart attack

Health Elizabeth Cooney

‘Carnage’ in a lab dish shows how the coronavirus may damage the heart

In the Lab Sharon Begley

In its first tough test, CRISPR base editing slashes cholesterol levels in monkeys

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

STAT Plus: Scientists 3D-map the ‘little brain of the (rat) heart’

Health Tech Erin Brodwin

Fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic, remote heart monitoring could become tech’s next big target

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Hackers linked to Iran sought Gilead Covid-19 data; NIH to test remdesivir with a Lilly drug

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Hospitals criticize feds over remdesivir supplies; Moderna starting mid-stage Covid-19 vaccine trials soon

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Giving blood thinners to severely ill Covid-19 patients is gaining ground

Health Tech Erin Brodwin

STAT Plus: Taking a page from Apple, Fitbit launches a sweeping heart study

Health Tech Casey Ross

In fading steel towns, chronically ill patients hope video visits stay after the pandemic goes

Health Usha Lee McFarling

‘Where are all our patients?’: Covid phobia is keeping people with serious heart symptoms away from ERs

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Blood clots in severe Covid-19 patients leave clinicians with clues about the illness — but no proven treatments

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

MIT’s Koch Institute wins STAT Madness with technology to see tiny ovarian tumors

Health Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: New drug from Merck, Bayer reduces hospitalizations for heart failure patients