TUESDAY, Nov. 13, 2018 (HealthDay News) — There’s bad news for heart failure patients with dilated cardiomyopathy who’d like to stop taking their meds. Any progress they’ve seen on medication is likelyRead More…
TUESDAY, Nov. 13, 2018 (HealthDay News) — People with both diabetes and multiple clogged heart arteries live longer if they undergo bypass surgery rather than have their blood vessels reopened with stents,Read More…
MONDAY, Nov. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Cancer is expected to overtake heart disease as the leading cause of death for well-off Americans by 2020. The expected shift owes to advances inRead More…
MONDAY, Nov. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) — With the rate of drug overdose deaths more than doubling since the turn of the century, the United States now leads the world in theseRead More…
MONDAY, Nov. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) — It’s a finding only observed so far in mice, but researchers say that a naturally occurring protein triggered significant weight loss in obese rodents. TheRead More…
MONDAY, Nov. 12, 2018 (American Heart Association) — With the release of new guidelines for treating and managing cholesterol, there may be questions not only about the changes in the update, butRead More…
MONDAY, Nov. 12, 2018 (American Heart Association) — Heart attacks once characterized as a part of “old man’s disease” — are increasingly occurring in younger people, especially women, according to new research.Read More…
MONDAY, Nov. 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Take the stairs up to your office. Park a little further away from the grocery store. Walk your dog around the block. Carry out theRead More…
SATURDAY, Nov. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The diabetes drug Farxiga might do double-duty for patients, helping to ward off another killer, heart failure, new research shows. Type 2 diabetics who tookRead More…
SATURDAY, Nov. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Eating more fish or taking a fish oil supplement can reduce your risk of a heart attack, according to a pair of Harvard-led clinical trials.Read More…
SATURDAY, Nov. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A lifelong approach to lowering cholesterol, starting in some kids as young as 2, is the United States’ best bet to lower everyone’s risk ofRead More…
THURSDAY, Nov. 8, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Weight-loss surgery may have a side benefit that most don’t know about, with new research showing testosterone levels in male patients jump after the procedureRead More…