Menopause marks the end of a woman's fertility. By definition, it occurs one year after a woman's last menstrual period. While menopausecan happen in a woman's 40s or 50s, the average age is 51 in the U.S. Jacqueline Thielen, ...
May 21, 2019
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Adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who experience excessive sleepiness while awake appear to be at far greater risk for cardiovascular diseases than those without excessive daytime sleepiness, according to new research ...
Feb 15, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Since 2008, there has been an increase in the number of U.S. adults with awareness of heart attack symptoms and knowledge of the appropriate response to a heart attack, according to research published in the ...
Feb 11, 2019
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No one is entirely sure about the origins of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. The first recorded outbreak in Europe appeared during the 1495 invasion of Naples, where ...
Nov 28, 2018
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When Sasha Ottey was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome a decade ago, she learned that it affects at least 10 percent of women and is a leading cause of infertility, not to mention a major risk factor for diabetes, ...
Oct 19, 2018
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Heart disease is still the number one killer of US women, and hormone therapy remains a top treatment for menopause symptoms. A new study connects these two facts to demonstrate little effect of hormone therapy on artery ...
Jul 18, 2018
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A heart-stopping condition that causes about half of all cardiovascular-related deaths seems to happen in an instant, with no symptoms.
May 2, 2018
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(HealthDay)—There could be a link between the severity of a woman's menopausal symptoms and her risk of heart disease, a new study suggests.
Apr 11, 2018
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Conventional risk factors largely explain the links observed between loneliness/social isolation and first time heart disease/stroke, finds the largest study of its kind published online in the journal Heart.
Mar 26, 2018
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Search engine queries related to common heart disease symptoms track closely with geographic and seasonal trends for coronary heart disease hospitalizations, according to research being presented at the American College of ...
Feb 28, 2018
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