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An online survey of more than 7,700 adults found a majority gained at least 1 1/2 pounds per month during the pandemic. Dr. Tu Le has seen proof among his own patients. The interventional cardiologist with Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Hurst-Euless-Bedford told KERA’s Sam Baker lifestyle changes are to blame.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expands its list of possible symptoms for COVID-19, health providers have been reporting other problems…

A recent study says less than six hours of sleep per night can lead to cancer or early death for someone middle aged or older with existing high blood…

As if the discomfort from the virus wasn't enough, here's another reason to get your flu shot: New research suggests the vaccine may help avoid heart…

A recent study of people 65 and older found stroke survivors four times more likely to suffer a fracture than someone with no history of stroke.Some of…

New findings about the health effects of e-cigarettes add to a small but growing body of research that undercuts the widely presumed safety of the alternative to conventional cigarettes.

Doctors have suggested one low-dose aspirin a day to help avoid heart attacks and strokes, but a recent study suggests healthy, older people who don’t…

A new study has found more stroke victims may be saved from disability or death if doctors can remove blood clots that block circulation to the brain. It…

Atrial fibrillation, a irregular heartbeat, affected more than 33-million people globally in 2010.A new study says atrial fibrillation appears to be a…

About 120 over 80 is considered normal blood pressure. But blood pressure can run higher as you get older – around 140. Doctors wanting to lower that…

Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. – it kills almost 130,000 Americans each year. Getting the right treatment as quickly as possible…

It’s been recommended for some time that a low-dose aspirin a day helps to avoid heart attack and stroke. But a study out last month in the Journal of the…