STAT asked 11 experts, including the FDA commissioner, why the world's wealthiest nation is doing so poorly on cardiovascular ...

Scientists say HFpEF is usually caused by coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and even obstructive sleep apnea. According to the study, published in the ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

Currently, the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas for human industry is one of the major causes. Deforestation results in fewer trees to absorb the gas. Also, when plants are cut down ...

Over the short term, work stress causes strain; over the long term, it can negatively impact well-being. It’s first important to understand the causes of workplace stress to assist with devising ...

Laws exist to protect people, to give order to our societies and to prevent harm. A crime happens when a person breaks a law. However, laws change over time. An action that was a crime in Tudor or ...

What are the most common causes of anxiety? Anxiety is a response to uncertainty and danger, and the trigger can be almost anything, or nothing in particular, just a generalized, vague sense of ...

In later stages of the condition, your body may also not produce enough insulin. There are several possible causes of diabetes, and it’s usually a combination of factors rather than just one.

While weather describes state of the atmosphere over a short time, climate describes the wider conditions that are expected in an area over a much longer period of time. For example, when ...

There is rarely a single point of failure to which teams can attribute a breach, but common factors contribute to gaps in risk management efforts and, in turn, cyber incidents. The stakes are ...

Buprenorphine, an evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder, is currently underprescribed because of concerns that it can cause "precipitated withdrawal," in which the first dose causes ...