For patients with coronary artery disease, supplementing with B vitamins and folic acid does not reduce the risk associated with it, a new study has found.

The new study, reported in the Aug. 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed almost 3,100 volunteers. Three-quarters of them took various doses of vitamin B and folic acid (which is chemically a B vitamin), while the others got a placebo, an inactive substance

Individuals who suffer from sleep-related disorders are up to three times more likely to die prematurely, and that risk increases if the sleep disorder is left untreated, a new study has found.

In the study, published in Sleep, researchers followed a random sample of 1,522 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 who participated in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study

An anticipated rise in health problems among Canadians, caused by climate change, has motivated Health Canada to urge the government to take immediate action.

In a 500-page report released Friday, the health agency forecasts more incidents of heat-related ailments, deaths due to outbreaks of infectious diseases unknown to the medical community, respiratory and cardiovascular disorders

Statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs that protect against heart attacks and strokes by lowering cholesterol, may also protect against age-related memory loss and dementia, a new study finds.

Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health analyzed health records of about 1,700 elderly Mexican-Americans who took cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for five years

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is recommending reduced-fat milk for overweight or obese babies ready to graduate from breast milk or formula to cow's milk.

Low fat milk, instead of whole milk, should also be given to those who have a family history of obesity, high cholesterol or cardiovascular disease. The age to start the cow's milk is anywhere between 1 and 2 years of age, says the latest guidelines from the clinical report Lipid Screening and Cardiovascular Health in Childhood