Avalanches, masses of snow moving down a slope, happen most often in the wilderness. The National Avalanche Center says ...

Approximately 10.5 million Americans have atrial fibrillation (AFib), a condition that causes an irregular, often too fast, heartbeat. AFib increases the risk of stroke four to five times more than ...

Skiing the backcountry remains essential to me — to find solace, recharge, sweat, laugh, cry and unplug from the ills of the world.

Doctors usually focus on a person's average blood pressure, but research increasingly shows that how much blood pressure ...

Veins in the skull can rearrange their borders to accommodate patrolling immune cells, a strange behaviour called ruffling.

Doctors usually focus on a person's average blood pressure, but research increasingly shows that how much blood pressure fluctuates from moment to moment is just as important. Excessive short-term ...

Wild Cards Season 3 Episode 3 gives a little nod to medical dramas for ElliMax's case of the week, but Ricky and Vivienne steal the show.