Managing cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressure, smoking, stress and sleep can lower risk and help families recognize when ...

For decades it’s been understood that certain risk factors explain the majority of cardiovascular events, until several recent studies claimed that coronary heart disease can develop without them. But ...

Risk factor modification has long been considered an important strategy for cardiovascular disease prevention. For sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) especially — fatal in 90% of cases — studies have pointed ...

They’re in a lot of convenient foods, unfortunately.

MPN patients with CVRFs have increased mortality and thrombotic risk, especially in polycythemia vera cases. Hypertension and hyperlipidemia are the most common CVRFs in MPN patients, particularly in ...

MOST of us know there’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cholesterol and this fatty substance in the blood can be ‘high’ or ‘low’. But there’s another ...

If the person is lucky, medical help is close enough to get the heart beating again after it stops and before brain damage sets in, and the search for the hidden cause can begin. The less fortunate ...

Cardiovascular disease risk factor associations with social determinants of health vary significantly by nativity among Black US adults.

For many women, the truest threat of menopause happens out of sight. Medical experts at the 18th Asian-Pacific Society of ...

High blood cholesterol is associated with increased risk of heart disease, but it is also essential for brain function. Dr ...

Some 3 percent to 4 percent of Black individuals in the United States have the transthyretin V142I genetic variant, which significantly increases an individual’s risk of heart failure. The UAB-led ...

You should be all ears about this stealthy sign of heart health. The leading cause of death in the US, the American Heart ...