One-third of Greenlanders have high genetic risks of high cholesterol, heart disease
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen found that a genetic variant that is present in nearly 30% of Greenlanders is linked to high cholesterol...
One in 500 men carry extra sex chromosome, having higher risk of diabetes, heart...
Scientists from the universities of Cambridge and Exeter found that around one in 500 men could be carrying an extra X or Y chromosome—most...
Unvaccinated people with heart failure 3 times more likely to die from COVID
Scientists from Mount Sinai Heart found that heart failure patients who are unvaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are three times more...
Testosterone treatment not linked to heart disease risk in men
Scientists from the University of Aberdeen found that testosterone replacement therapy appears safe in the short-to-medium term to treat a condition caused by deficiency...
Scientists find strong link between diabetes and heart valve disease
Scientists from the University of Gothenburg found that people with diabetes display an increased risk of disease in left-sided heart valves compared to controls...
Multiple heart problems may give you triple dementia risk
Scientists from Oxford University and the University of Exeter found that having multiple conditions that affect the heart is linked to a greater risk...
It can take 6 months to recover from heart damage after COVID-19 infection
Scientists from Appalachian State University found that arterial stiffness and blood pressure in young, otherwise healthy adults may take as long as six months...
Smoking doubles your risk of heart failure
Scientists from Johns Hopkins found that people who smoked tobacco cigarettes developed heart failure at twice the rate of those who never smoked.
This higher...
His company’s CPR learning app helped save an employee’s 2-year-old son
Amid pulsating music, flying bodies and all the other stimulation radiating from his 8-year-old daughter's dance class, Lawrence Schwartz felt as if he'd lost...
This method can reduce blood pressure consistently
Scientists from the University of Houston found that deep nerve stimulation consistently reduces blood pressure.
They found that blood pressure and renal sympathetic nerve activity...