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New research finds a strong association between a rare genetic mutation and early-onset heart failure and hospitalization among Black Americans. Patients of African descent carrying this genetic mutation developed heart failure four years earlier than those not carrying it.
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Most people think of heart disease as something that only happens in old age. That’s not always the case. But younger people may not recognize symptoms of…
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Many women and even doctors underestimate a woman's heart attack risk, research shows, as they focus on weight and breast health instead. Tiny damaged arteries in the heart may not show up in scans.
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Last week , the American Heart Association released a statement calling on doctors to consider mood disorders when assessing teens for cardiovascular…
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Doctors hand out cholesterol-lowering statins like breath mints, but like any drug they come with risks. Less heart disease, sure, a slightly higher risk of diabetes, too. So what's a person to do?
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Even when women suspected they were having a heart attack, they didn't report it because they feared being called hypochondriacs, a study finds. That may contribute to women's higher death rates.
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Though heart disease is the number-one killer of both men and women in the U.S., women are often not aware of their risk. One reason for this may be that…
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Noncommunicable diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease are now the biggest killers on Earth. They account for 68 percent of deaths — and have an even greater impact in the developing world.
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Using an ultrasensitive blood test to detect the presence of a protein that heralds heart muscle injury, researchers from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have…
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A new study finds the drug helps lower the cholesterol and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in at-risk patients.