Cardiology

Substance abuse in pregnancy doubles cardiovascular risk: Study

Pregnant women with a history of substance abuse face a dramatically increased risk of death from heart attack and stroke during childbirth when compared with women without history of substance abuse, a new Smidt Heart Institute ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

New risk score strongly predicts dementia chances within 14 years

A new dementia risk score, which draws on 11 mostly modifiable risk factors, identifies people at risk—from midlife onward—of developing the disease within the next 14 years, suggests a large long term study published ...

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