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Crystalline forms of cholesterol (blue) in a liver cell (purple), imaged using a scanning electron microscope.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryA CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing therapy has halved people’s…

Some generations get a nationally televised car chase featuring O. J. Simpson fleeing police in a white Bronco. Others get the communal adrenaline rush of frantically…

Men may need to exercise twice as much as women to achieve the same reduction in coronary heart disease risk, according to researchers, who say healthy…

The weight-loss drug semaglutide cuts the risk of heart attack or stroke regardless of how many kilograms people lose, the largest study of its kind has…

The MC4R gene promotes gain of fat tissue (pictured, artificially coloured fat cells) but suppresses cholesterol levels.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPLA gene that causes obesity is paradoxically linked…

At the age of 15, medics feared Katie Mitchell was coming to the end of her life after suffering irreversible lung damage and heart failure from…

The top-seeded Minnesota Lynx survived a valiant effort by the No. 8 Golden State Valkyries with a 75-74 comeback victory on Wednesday night, winning their first-round…

Norfolk State coach and former Virginia Tech star Michael Vick was one of the first names to surface among potential targets for the Hokies over the…

September 15, 20253 min readDeath Rates from Chronic Diseases Dropped in Most CountriesA report finds that death rates from cancer and heart disease have declined since…

“Don’t let the boys sell the papers after I die,” a former senior executive in the Murdoch empire recalls Rupert saying in more than one meeting…