How fish oil may prevent cognitive decline in people with heart disease
In a recent study from Harvard Medical School, scientists found that two omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil may help improve brain function...
What to know about heart disease symptoms
Symptoms of cardiovascular problems run the gamut.
Some – like chest pain during a heart attack or a droopy face during a stroke – are...
Dentists should give high-risk people antibiotics to prevent deadly heart infection
In a study from the University of Sheffield, scientists found people who are at high risk of developing a life-threatening heart infection should be...
Scientists find a pill that reduces heart disease, obesity, fatty liver
In a recent study from Johns Hopkins Medicine, scientists found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease...
Common kidney disease linked to high risk of stroke, heart attack
In a recent study, scientists found that people with glomerular disease have higher risks of heart attack and stroke.
Glomerular diseases damage the glomeruli, letting protein...
Scientists find new clue in how COVID-19 harms the heart
Scientists from Houston Methodist found that patients with prior COVID may be twice as likely to have unhealthy endothelial cells that line the inside...
Common hormone disorder linked to stroke, heart attack, bone fracture
In a recent study from the University of Gothenburg, researchers found in the hormonal disorder primary hyperparathyroidism, patients’ risk of hip fracture is elevated...
Good heart health may lower risk for brain vessel disease
Scientists from Capital Medical University found that maintaining excellent cardiovascular health may lower the risk for abnormalities in the small vessels of the brain.
Scientists...
Cutting 1 gram salt from daily diet could prevent nearly 9 million cases of...
In a study from the Queen Mary University of London, scientists found that a modest cut of just 1 gram in daily salt intake...
Heart failure at age 30 brought on by pregnancy
Fatima Mathews knew something wasn't right. She was more tired than she'd ever felt in her life.
"You just had a baby," her doctor reminded...