Cardiovascular

Lack of sleep can make you sick. And while everybody has the occasional restless night, for those who suffer from chronic insomnia – some...

In 2013, Dr. Iona Heath, a retired general practitioner published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, in which she spoke...

Cultivating replacement organs and tissues from a patient's own cells is on the leading edge of medical research. Regenerating new organs can help solve...

For a teenage boy in England, drinking a highly caffeinated beverage at a gym set off a heart problem he didn't know he had,...

A tiny new patch could deliver important information regarding users’ heart health and skin moisture levels, based on successful early efforts by researchers from...

Oleate, a common dietary fat found in olive oil, restored proper metabolism of fuel in an animal model of heart failure, according to a...

In recent years vitamin D deficiency has been linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, two illnesses that commonly occur together and are...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the developed world, killing more than 17 million per year, far more lives than cancer claims,...

Scientists have found another reason for children to eat their green leafy vegetables. A study of 766 otherwise healthy adolescents showed that those who consumed...

Young women who report heart attack symptoms are more likely to have them dismissed by their providers as not heart related, a new study...

Doctors have long known that in the months after a heart attack or stroke, patients are more likely to have another attack or stroke....

By Ward Dean, M.D. Fibrinogen is a high molecular weight plasma protein that plays a key final role in the cascade that results in the...