Michelle AndrewsKFF Health News When Jeannine Urban went in for a checkup in November, she had her doctor’s full attention. Instead of typing on her computer keyboard during the exam, Urban’s primary ...

Carotid artery disease can be a silent precursor to several medical issues, doctors say.

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Revascularization with either stenting or endarterectomy does not improve cognitive function compared with medical management alone in patients who have asymptomatic high-grade carotid ...

Annually, an estimated 1 million patients undergo heart surgery worldwide. Unfortunately, stroke continues to be a frequent complication of cardiac surgery, with the specific cerebrovascular risk ...

Coughing is a way for your body to get rid of harmful things in your lungs. But coughing too much can be bad, too. If you’ve had a cough that’s gone on for what feels like forever, you might have a ...

If you’re an adult with asthma that’s hard to manage, it’s possible you have eosinophilic asthma. It’s a subtype of asthma that’s usually severe and often much harder to keep in check. The symptoms ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

If you have a vagina, you know things can ebb and flow in your lower region. Maybe you wake up with heinous cramps and wonder if your period is en route—or perhaps your cycle is off-kilter, and you ...