A new study suggests that the benefits of prescribing anticoagulation drugs to certain older people outweigh the potential risks.
The factor that tips you over the edge from being at risk for a disease to actually developing the disease is not always ...
([email protected]) – Altru is pleased to announce Barry Bjorgaard, MD, has been awarded Physician of the Quarter. Dr. Bjorgaard ...
The ‘East Asian Paradox’ refers to a unique risk-benefit trade-off observed in Asian patients for thrombosis versus bleeding, ...
Untreated high blood pressure or hyper-tension can lead to a number of health concerns including stroke and coronary artery ...
A Palm Bay family is raising awareness about organ donations after learning their 4-year-old son will need his second heart transplant.
“Heart disease is the number one reason we and most of our loved ones will die,” says Dr. Michael Greger, an internationally renowned physician, author, speaker, and founder of the nonprofit, ...
A new study has discovered the reason why men tend to sustain more heart muscle damage following a heart attack than women: ...
Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, ...
A heart can never rest. That creates a problem for a heart that has lost muscle tissue. “Skeletal muscle has a significant ...
FH is a genetic condition of very high cholesterol levels that presents a high risk for coronary artery disease.