Blue-collar workers who cleaned up debris in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at double the rate of the general population, according to a study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Patients were about 40 percent less likely to survive the most severe heart attacks in the six coldest months of the year, according to research presented in June at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference.

On the heels of a deadlier-than-normal flu season, some scientists are wondering what will happen when a true pandemic hits. Vaccine doses would likely dry up—but cheap, readily available medications like statins could help a patient stave off flu as the virus runs its course, a pair of researchers told NPR.

Three pediatrics professors teamed up for an editorial in The New York Times imploring readers to lump juice into the unhealthy beverage category alongside soda.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can be dangerous for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) when taken on top of oral anticoagulants, suggests a post hoc analysis of the RE-LY trial published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

New ultra-thin drug-eluting stents (DES) are associated with a 16 percent reduction in target lesion failure (TLF) at one year compared to thicker-strut, second-generation DES, according to a meta-analysis published June 26 in Circulation.

School programs that provide fresh fruits and vegetables and limit the availability of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) could prevent an estimated 22,383 deaths due to cardiometabolic disease each year in the U.S., researchers calculated in a study published July 6 in PLOS One.

In the era of the Quadruple Aim, there’s no shortage of studies, media coverage and commentary on how our healthcare systems may be overusing resources.