People with high heart disease risk should take additional cholesterol lowering drugs
Scientists from Bert Aertgeerts and elsewhere suggest that additional cholesterol-lowering drugs should be offered to patients with high levels of 'bad' (LDL) cholesterol (70...
This Alzheimer’s drug could boost heart health, reduce obesity
Scientists from Johns Hopkins found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease could reduce obesity and fatty...
Reducing your sedentary time could lower risks of type 2 diabetes and heart diseases
Scientists from the Turku PET Centre and the UKK Institute found reducing daily sedentary time can have a positive effect on the risk factors...
Limited by stroke at 48, his wife helps him make the most of their...
While a worker cleaned out the septic system at John Cathey's house in Murray, Kentucky, John was down in the crawl space checking the...
Cannabis linked to heart disease, Stanford study finds
Scientists from Stanford Medicine found that people who use marijuana have an increased risk of heart disease and heart attack.
They also showed that the...
Apple Watch ECGs could help detect a weak heart pump
Scientists from Mayo Clinic found Single-lead ECG tracings from an Apple Watch interpreted by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm could effectively identify patients with...
Heartburn drug famotidine may help treat COVID-19, study shows
Scientists from the University of Virginia found that the heartburn drug famotidine may help treat COVID-19.
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many...
8 tips for women to prevent heart disease
More women die from heart disease than from any other cause: about one in five American women, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
New defibrillator much safer for people with heart disease
Scientists from McMaster University found that high-risk patients who need defibrillators to prevent cardiac arrest can experience fewer complications with a type of device...
Aspirin does not reduce risk of this heart disease
Scientists from the University of British Columbia found that aspirin therapy, as opposed to statin use, for non-obstructive coronary artery disease does not reduce...