How a middle-of-the-night heart attack at 40 became her wake-up call
Intense chest pain awakened Natalie Latham from a deep sleep. Surely, she figured, it was from the spicy soup she'd eaten the night before.
Natalie...
Flu vaccine can reduce your risk of stroke
The flu shot is known to reduce the risk of heart attack and hospitalization for people with heart disease.
In a study from the University of Calgary,...
A better way to treat obesity and diabetes
Obesity is the main cause of type 2 diabetes and related chronic illnesses that together will kill more people around the globe this year...
Poor sleep linked to higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Sleep abnormalities are common in Alzheimer's disease, and sleep quality can be affected early in the preclinical stage of the disease, even when no...
Research sets 80-80-80 target for American high blood pressure policy
Hypertension, also known as chronic high blood pressure, is a leading cause of heart disease, which kills many people around the world every day.
In a recent...
Blood-pressure-lowering diet can also help reduce risk of kidney disease
scientists found people who ate the diet for lowering blood pressure were at a much lower risk of developing chronic kidney disease.
Research shows a drug that treats obesity, fatty liver, heart disease
A drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease, and sickle cell disease could reduce obesity and fatty liver and improve heart function.
Cannabis holds promise for pain management, reducing the need for opioid painkillers
Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result of both the misuse of prescription opioids and the illicit...
BMI declines 7 years before cognitive impairment, study finds
Scientists found much lower BMI occurs beginning about 7 years before a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Heart disease death risk strongly increases in COVID-19 pandemic
After steadily declining for nearly a decade, the heart disease death rate rose significantly during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.