Stents are most often used in patients who have a blocked artery and chest pain that occurs, for example, walking up a hill or going up stairs.
Health experts agree that raising taxes is the most effective way to reduce tobacco use. But many states have not significantly increased their cigarette fees in decades, bowing to pressure from tobacco lobbyists.
The treatment, which involves genetically modified immune cells, will be offered to patients with advanced non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Outbreaks of a deadly, sexually transmitted disease confound health officials, whose obstacles include drug shortages, uneducated doctors and gangs.
Experts doubt the motive and science behind new heated tobacco tech. The FDA will decide soon whether to allow its sale.
Over the past 35 years, life expectancy increased more in the North Slope and Aleutian regions of Alaska than almost anywhere else in the United States.
Follow these tips if you see an adult or teenager suddenly collapse.
As a survivor of sudden cardiac arrest, Jodi Herte will wear a red hat Saturday when she participates in the Alaska Heart Run.
Some neighbors worry about crime while supporters say the facility will help solve that problem.
A new study finds striking differences in the prescribing habits — and effect — of hospital emergency room physicians.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski expressed dismay in President Donald Trump’s decision this week to revive a rule that prohibits federal spending abroad on organizations that also perform abortions or provide information about such procedures.
Sensing a political opportunity they have not had in more than a decade, social conservatives are preparing for a lengthy fight over abortion rights that promises to widen the culture war fissures that Republicans have tried for years to bridge.
The move suggests that the president-elect continues to believe a widely discredited theory that vaccines cause autism.
A third year of testing nine Alaska species hasn’t turned up any detectable levels of radiation dating back to Japan’s 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster.
The state’s chief medical officer says the flu season is still young – so it’s still a good time to get a flu vaccine.
Giving your baby peanuts earlier rather than later might prevent them from developing an allergy.
President-elect Donald Trump chimed in, warning Republicans to let the president's imperiled program “fall of its own weight.”
Though E. coli is associated with many human illnesses, there is no sign that strains in Kenai Peninsula gulls have affected people.
Republicans plan to waste no time repealing the Affordable Care Act, a signature part of President Obama’s legacy.
Last year, we spent $3.2 trillion on health care, and a new study shows that the primary drivers of spending vary considerably.
