Fat around the heart may strongly increase your risk of heart failure
In two new studies from Mount Sinai, researchers found that having excess pericardial fat—fat around the heart—increases the risk of developing heart failure, especially...
Diet to lower blood pressure also provides other health benefits
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States.
Public health advocates frequently site Americans' high-sodium diet as one factor in...
This study finds how to reverse type 2 diabetes and deadly liver disease
In two recent studies published in Nature Communications and Cell Reports, researchers found a new way to reverse type 2 diabetes and liver fibrosis.
The...
This study urges women to listen to their hearts
In a new study from the University of British Columbia, researchers urge people to learn and then heed the symptoms of atrial fibrillation (AF)....
Ancestral dormant genes could be driving cancer
Despite decades of research, cancer remains an enigma.
Conventional wisdom holds that cancer is driven by random mutations that create aberrant cells that run amok...
Bad air quality linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s
In a new study from the University of California, Davis, researchers found a link between traffic-related air pollution and an increased risk for age-related...
Will COVID-19 eventually become just a seasonal nuisance?
In a new study from the University of Utah, researchers say that within the next decade, the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 could become...
Should you check your blood pressure at home?
High blood pressure is something that's mentioned so often—and so casually—on television shows and in books, that it's easy to forget it is a...
Common blood test could advance heart failure treatment
In a new study from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, researchers developed a new use for a common blood...
Being a ‘night owl’ may increase diabetes risk if you’re overweight
In a new study from the University of Naples Federico II, researchers found that though obesity by itself can drive up heart disease risk,...