Swimming increases blood flow, while water provides far more resistance than moving through air, which helps strengthen your muscles. Plus, swimming is an excellent activity for people with joint pain.
Leg pain can be an early warning sign of circulation problems, nerve damage, or even a medical emergency. Test your knowlege of leg pain symptoms in this simple quiz.
Two medications now in development, enlicitide and obicetrapib, can lower harmful LDL cholesterol and may be promising options for people who cannot tolerate statins or who still have high LDL despite their current treatment.
For people who are concerned they’re drinking too much but don’t want to give up alcohol entirely, the Sinclair Method may help. It involves taking naltrexone (a drug that dampens alcohol’s euphoric effects) an hour or two before drinking.
A 2025 study finds that among people with high blood pressure, waking up from sleep to urinate is closely linked to elevated blood pressure during sleep.
People with prediabetes who successfully lower their blood sugar back to normal levels may cut their future risk of death due to heart disease by half, according to a 2025 study.
A 2025 review of past research found that electromagnetic field exposure from electric cars poses no immediate health risks for people with implanted heart devices, such as pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
Electrical cardioversion is generally a safe, painless procedure used to convert a rapid or irregular heartbeat (such as atrial fibrillation) back to a normal rhythm. It’s done under sedation and takes only a few minutes.
After a successful catheter ablation to treat atrial fibrillation, some people may safely stop taking anti-clotting medications. But the decision to discontinue those drugs depends on a person’s underlying risk of stroke rather than the success of the procedure.
A narrowed aortic valve (aortic stenosis) affects about one in 20 people over age 65. Medical therapies for treating this progressive disease are under investigation, and a recent study explored the potential benefits of proactive valve replacement.