(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan ...

Stroke now ranks as the fourth leading cause of death in the US. Rising deaths among young adults and the oldest Americans are of particular concern.

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in people under 50 in the United States. Overall cancer deaths in ...

Deaths from heart disease and stroke are declining, but still kill more Americans than any other cause, according to new data ...

“We must double down on research to pinpoint what is driving this tsunami of cancer in generations born since 1950," the ...

A new report found that colorectal cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer, including breast and lung cancers ...

The life expectancy for Americans increased to 79 years in 2024 from 78.4 in 2023, according to a January data brief published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

More people die from heart disease and stroke than from anything else in the United States, despite a five-year decline, a new study indicates.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) became the leading cause of cancer -related deaths in 2023 among patients aged younger than 50 in the ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report. The American Heart Association (AHA) report, published Monday in the journal Circulation, found that ...

An American Heart Association report shows U.S. heart disease deaths fell 2.7% from 2022 to 2023, the first decline in five ...