How to protect your heart during COVID-19
Doctors and researchers are just beginning to document and understand the effects of heart disease in complicating and endangering recovery from the COVID-19 virus,...
As marijuana use grows, researchers want to know how it affects the heart
Although marijuana is growing in use – and becoming more legal – across the country, there is still much to learn about its effect...
This hormone levels could affect your risk of cancer and diabetes
A recent study from the University of Cambridge and the University of Exeter found that having genetically higher testosterone levels increases the risk of...
In people with COVID-19, a heart attack may be something different
In a new study, researchers found that 18 patients with severe COVID-19 treated at a New York City hospital showed the classic signs of...
This diabetes drug may increase risk of heart failure
Rosiglitazone belongs to a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones.
It helps control blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, but it can also...
‘Stay at home’ rules during COVID-19 do not apply to heart attacks
In a new scientific statement, researchers suggest that people experiencing heart attacks should immediately phone the emergency services—even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
They say that...
How men and women develop heart disease differently
In a new study, researchers found that minerals causing aortic heart valve blockage in men and women are different.
This is a discovery that could...
This type of work may raise risks of diabetes, heart disease, stroke
About 17.7% of the U.S. labor force works outside the hours of 6 am and 6 pm.
Shift workers are central to the travel, hospitality...
This toothpaste may help prevent heart attack, stroke by detecting plaque
In a recent study from Florida Atlantic University and elsewhere, researchers found Plaque HD®, a plaque identifying toothpaste, could strongly reduce high sensitivity C-reactive...
Scientists find first curative treatment for heart disease
In a new study, researchers found that by making a gene that allows cancers to spread to be overactive and functional in the heart,...