‘How Low Can You Go?’ The Shifting Guidelines for Blood Pressure Control

The number doctors use to demarcate hypertension keeps going down, a trend applauded by many experts, who point to studies linking high blood pressure and dementia.

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Forget ‘Marty Supreme.’ Meet the Real Table Tennis Champion of New York.

Yasiris Ortiz, a 28-year-old star from the Bronx, is helping to bring free table tennis programing to children across the city.

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Earlier Cholesterol Testing Can Reduce Heart Attacks and Strokes, New Guideline Says

Eleven medical organizations advised changes to preventive cardiac care that it says could markedly reduce heart attacks and strokes.

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Get Your Cholesterol Even Lower and Start Younger, New Guideline Says

The American Heart Association advised changes to preventive cardiac care that it says could markedly reduce heart attacks and strokes.

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His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.

Will Mair, who studies aging, lost almost all his research funds when the White House cracked down on Harvard. He was wholly unprepared for the upheaval that followed.

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Daniel Radcliffe Shines in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ on Broadway

The actor’s fondness for the audience radiates outward in this delightful interactive play about naming and noticing the good in the world.

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Two People Die After Paid Plasma Donation at Clinics in Canada

Grifols, a Spanish health care company, operates clinics in Canada that collect blood plasma from donors in exchange for an honorarium.

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