Gum disease may raise stroke risk, even damage the brain
If you need another reason to brush and floss, here it is: Research suggests keeping your mouth healthy might also protect your brain and heart.
Oct 23, 2025
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Cardiovascular Diseases: News and Research on Atherosclerosis
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Genetic discovery offers hope for personalized prevention of cardiovascular disease
By analyzing large amounts of data, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a system for classifying individuals into different risk groups for atherosclerosis. The results enable early detection of the disease, ...
Oct 22, 2025
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Effects of fish oil supplements vary, potentially reducing cardiovascular disease risk in healthy people as well
A recently completed study indicates that the positive effects of a fatty acid called eicosapentaenoic acid vary significantly between individuals. The study emphasizes the importance of metabolism in the prevention of cardiovascular ...
Oct 20, 2025
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs could reduce risk of dementia, study finds
Low cholesterol can reduce the risk of dementia, a new University of Bristol-led study with more than a million participants has shown.
Oct 13, 2025
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Researchers develop personalized model to predict risk of subsequent cardiovascular events
Despite advancements in treatment and prevention, patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) still have a particularly high risk of having another heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular ...
Oct 10, 2025
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Ignore cholesterol until middle age? Here's why that's a bad idea
Heather Bowers doesn't recall all the details of her first cholesterol screening. It was at a college health fair two decades ago, and even though her numbers came back "borderline high," she responded in a way that many ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Is your leg pain actually PAD? Watch for these warning signs
Sometimes, aches and pains get dismissed as a normal part of getting older. In the case of peripheral artery disease, or PAD, those pains can be signs of a serious problem.
Oct 1, 2025
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After weight loss, regular exercise rather than GLP-1 drug reduces leading cause of heart attacks and strokes
Maintaining weight loss with regular exercise rather than the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) liraglutide, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, seems to reduce atherosclerosis development in ...
Sep 16, 2025
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Bilingual campaign targets silent killer in Latino communities
Erika Perez was diagnosed with high blood pressure during her third pregnancy. Ten days after giving birth to her child, she suffered a heart attack. Years later, she had a stroke. Perez's story is a powerful reminder of ...
Sep 16, 2025
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Study reveals hidden causes of heart attacks in younger adults, especially women
A new Mayo Clinic study finds that many heart attacks in people under 65—especially women—are caused by factors other than clogged arteries, challenging long-standing assumptions about how heart attacks occur in younger populations.
Sep 15, 2025
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