A drug for high cholesterol could help prevent diabetic eye diseases
In a recent study from the University of Pennsylvania, scientists found that a drug currently used to reduce cholesterol levels in the bloodstream could...
Social isolation, loneliness can damage heart and brain health
Scientists from the American Heart Association suggest that social isolation and loneliness may increase the risk of having or dying from a heart attack...
This new rapid test could detect cancer and heart disease more easily
Scientists from Imperial College London and elsewhere have built a new easy-to-use test that could diagnose non-infectious diseases like heart attacks and cancers more...
Taking blood pressure in both arms is better for your heart health
Scientists from the University of Exeter found taking blood pressure readings from both arms and using the higher reading would more accurately capture who...
Gout flare-ups could double your heart disease risk
Scientists from the University of Nottingham found that gout flares double the risk for heart attack or stroke over the two months that follow.
They found a spike in risk endures even...
Born with a heart defect, 13-year-old now thrives at dance
Three days after giving birth to her son, Anthony, Tanya Lydon was still in the hospital.
She thought the lengthy stay was a little odd,...
Why eating red meat may increase your heart disease risk
Scientists from Tufts University found that chemicals produced by microbes in the digestive tract may be partly responsible for the increased heart disease risk...
This stuff in daily foods may increase your heart disease, death risk
Scientists from Penn State University found that eating too much food containing sulfur amino acids – primarily found in proteins such as beef, chicken,...
Some people with heart attack may not benefit from beta blockers
Scientists from the University of Leeds found that some heart attack patients may not benefit from heart drug beta blockers.
They found that heart attack patients who...
Two heart drugs linked to higher heart attack risk in hot weather
For people with coronary heart disease, beta blockers can improve survival and quality of life, while aspirin and other anti-platelet medications can reduce the...