Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer are the two leading causes of death in the U.S. According to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, patients diagnosed with late-stage or metastatic breast ...
Jan 2, 2025
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The U.S. government's premier research body has made an important discovery that could help create new drugs to lower "bad" cholesterol, and hopefully prevent heart attacks and stroke.
Dec 31, 2024
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Everyone knows the health risks of carrying too much fat around the waist and hips, but UVA Health scientists are developing a noninvasive way to assess the health risks of unseen fat around the heart.
Dec 23, 2024
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is common in patients with cirrhosis, but cirrhosis itself is not significantly associated with an increased CAD risk, according to a review published online Nov. 21 in the Journal of Clinical ...
Dec 22, 2024
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A prediction model incorporating a polygenic risk score (PRS) and polysocial score (PSS), including social determinants of health and lifestyle-psychological factors, improves performance of clinical risk calculators for ...
Dec 12, 2024
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There is a U-shaped association between alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) but no evidence for a causal association, according to a study published online Nov. 24 in Alcohol: Clinical ...
Dec 6, 2024
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A new risk score accurately predicts and categorizes the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, such as heart attack, in women. The findings were published today in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.
Dec 5, 2024
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Sudden cardiac arrest may occur in various conditions when someone, while active (playing basketball or walking with friends), collapses and passes out. Their blood pressure drops, and often their heart stops. This may be ...
Dec 5, 2024
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Women who have a high genetic risk of depression are more likely to develop heart disease, University of Queensland researchers have found.
Dec 4, 2024
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Eating a diet with a higher ratio of plant-based protein to animal-based protein may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard ...
Dec 2, 2024
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