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Is salt bad for us? In just the past few months researchers have published seemingly contradictory studies showing that excess sodium in the diet leads to heart disease , reduces your blood pressure, or has no effect at all . We called Scientific American advisory board member Marion Nestle , a professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and the author of Food Politics , to help parse the latest thinking regarding salt and heart health

New federal study suggests dangerous link between a high-sodium, low-potassium diet and heart disease

Chronic pain affects at least one in three adults in the U.S., which is more than the sum total of those with heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. For many of these 116 million Americans, their pain is severe and eludes available treatments. In addition to the human suffering, the monetary cost of medical treatment and lost productivity has reached $635 billion a year

Cardiologist and team of nurses credited with saving life of man who had heart attack during heart disease class in Maine

Every two hours of television time ups risk for diabetes by 20 percent, heart disease by 15 percent, new study shows

Swedish researchers examine possible link between body's immunity and heart disease

Discovery could offer insights into link between diabetes and heart disease and lead to new treatments

Vanderbilt University engineers have created a "spongy" silicon biosensor that shows promise not only for medical diagnostics, but also for the detection of dangerous toxins and other tiny molecules in the environment. This innovation was originally designed to detect the presence of particular DNA sequences, which can be extremely helpful in identifying whether or not a person is predisposed to heart disease or certain kinds of cancer. The new sensor is described in the Optical Society's open access journal, Optics Express.

Shockingly low rate of cancer and heart disease amongst isolated followers of Christ

Too much screen time sets stage for heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes

The town of New Ulm, Minn., some 90 miles outside of Minneapolis, is small. With a population of about 15,000, the self-proclaimed polka capital of the U.S