More than halfway into the first decade of the 21st century, we are in a very exciting era in managing the health and mortality of humankind. The number 1 cause of death in the developed world -- and ...

Some 3 percent to 4 percent of Black individuals in the United States have the transthyretin V142I genetic variant, which significantly increases an individual’s risk of heart failure. The UAB-led ...

“Attainment of cardiovascular risk factor targets in accordance with established guidelines has not previously been evaluated in large, multicenter APS cohorts,” said senior study author Maria ...

CHICAGO, IL—Adding metformin, a mix of lifestyle and risk factor management (LRFM), or both fails to improve arrhythmia burden over a standard-of-care approach in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF ...

Benjamin Scirica, MD, MPH, director of quality initiatives at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Cardiovascular Division, discussed the importance of team-based care and gaps in technology to manage ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black patients who had a stroke were younger and more likely to have hypertension and diabetes vs. non-Black ...

Significant stroke risk factor disparities exist between Black adults and non-Black adults who have had a stroke. However, after one-year of intensive medical intervention, some of the risk factors ...