A new study suggests that certain conditions may prematurely age the heart. High blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and atrial fibrillation appeared to significantly age the heart muscle. The ...

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Life expectancy varies widely across states. Policies, economic conditions, and public health efforts significantly impact ...

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Star Jones opens up to PEOPLE about her heart disease diagnosis in 2010 and undergoing a life-saving open-heart surgery. In ...

Life expectancy in any given country says a lot about how its society values, supports and nurtures its people.

St. Luke’s University Health Network now offers a proven, noninvasive diagnostic option for people with suspected heart disease: Heartflow FFR-CT Analysis. The test may reduce the need for invasive ...

Compare Dialysis Centers examined CDC data and other sources to explore kidney disease risk factors and why the condition has ...

Silvio Garattini, 96, is the founder and director of Italy's Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, an institute dedicated to biomedical research ...

Although typical life expectancy sits at around 80 in the UK ... Oxidative stress probably underpins the development of many of the chronic diseases we see today – heart disease, cancer, type-2 ...

A Newcastle man is running the London Marathon in memory of the woman whose heart saved his wife's life. Ciaran Carney-Hughes is taking on the 26 mile challenge to thank the kind stranger who ...