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Scientists find a cause of coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease is a chronic disease that affects the blood vessels that supply blood to your heart. It can lead to chest pain...

Marijuana and other drugs linked to deadly heart rhythm disorder

Heart rhythm disorder is the improper beating of the heart, whether irregular, too fast or too slow. A cardiac arrhythmia occurs when electrical impulses...

Many people with high blood pressure may take a drug making it worse

High blood pressure is a condition in which the force of the blood against the artery walls is too high. It increases the risk...

Diabetes may be overtreated in many older people

Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that affects how your body turns food into energy. There are three main types of diabetes: type 1,...

Compound in pomegranates may help fight colon cancer

Colorectal cancer is a disease in which cells in the colon or rectum grow out of control. Sometimes it is called colon cancer, for short. In a study...

Inflammatory bowel disease may cause psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a broad term that describes conditions characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The two most common inflammatory bowel diseases are...

Sleep is a new 8th measure of heart health

About 50 to 70 million Americans have sleep disorders, and 1 in 3 adults do not regularly get the recommended amount of uninterrupted sleep...

Heart attack risk decreases 50% in people with diabetes in 15 years

People with type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to have a heart attack or die from heart disease compared to people without diabetes. Management of...

Exercise may slow down cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease

For people with Parkinson's disease, problems with thinking and memory skills are among the most common nonmotor symptoms of the disease. In a study from...

Popular licorice tea may cause high blood pressure

In a McGill University study, researchers found that drinking too much licorice tea may lead to high blood pressure emergencies in some people. Licorice tea...