A drug-eluting stent (DES), a mesh tube that can help prop open arteries after they are widened by balloon angioplasty, is more helpful than a bare-metal stent in preventing death and heart attacks for up to five years, according to a new study. Drug-eluting stents release...
Remember the old kid’s song, “Dem Bones,” with verses like “foot bone connected to the leg bone”? It turns out that if the song was ever updated, it might need to mention the leg bone’s connection to heart health.