Predicting who is at high risk for a heart attack or death may be as simple as obtaining a person's coronary artery calcium ...

Edoxaban, an oral anticoagulant, was equally or more effective than warfarin in reducing the risk of stroke and blood clots ...

New research found that the medication spironolactone, often prescribed for hypertension (high blood pressure), may reduce the risk of heart failure in people recovering from a heart attack.

New discoveries in atherosclerosis pathways have shed light on the active mechanisms in other diseases such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) and HIV, paving the way for furture therapeutics.

Mohammad Ali Sheffeh, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues examined the efficacy of GLP-1 RA or SGLT-2i initiation for reducing mortality or cardiovascular events among ...

Left atrial appendage closure is an alternative strategy for stroke prophylaxis, Wazni and colleagues noted. "The safety and ...

PHILADELPHIA- Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are a cutting-edge tool in genetics, combining information from genetic markers across the genome to ...

A preliminary study of an artificial intelligence-powered program found that it could detect if a person had high blood ...

Researchers sought to determine if there is an association between attendance in cardiac rehabilitation and the prevalence ...

A nasal spray would be a workaround for drug resistance seen with oral diuretics, with the potential to reduce hospital ...

Pharmacists who received active feedback about their heart failure patients increased the frequency of their patient interactions and prescribed more heart failure medication adjustments, according to ...