Powerful cholesterol-lowering statins should remain a central treatment for preventing heart attacks and strokes, according ...

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The thought of a heart attack can induce fear in many. Although this serious condition can occur unexpectedly, the body often provides early warning signs that, if detected promptly, can be ...

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Every month, around 2.7 million Australians have a statin dispensed to lower their risk of heart attack and stroke. Statins reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, the collective term for ...

Scientists find that women may develop major cardiovascular events with lower plaque buildup in their arteries than men. The exact reason for this isn’t entirely clear, but cardiologists explain what ...

Chest pain is only the start, these are the twelve warning signs cardiologists and federal health authorities say should ...

Medical progress is currently one of the strongest forces shaping populations and their health. For instance, an acute heart attack has evolved from being nearly always fatal in the past to having a ...

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A chest pain emergency can be frightening because one of the first concerns is a heart attack. But after hospital tests show ...

A Northwestern and Buck Institute study of 28 women found that the ovary keeps changing for decades after menopause, with more inflammation in older tissue. Utah biologists dropped a weight on ...

For heart-attack survivors, eliminating copayments for heart-drug prescriptions can modestly improve the chances of avoiding a second attack, a new study found. Although making medications free had ...