“Nearly a quarter of the world’s population has elevated levels of Lp (a), putting them at a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes,” said Steven Nissen, ...

Affecting 1 in 500 people, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the walls of the left ventricle, the heart's ...

The role of daily habits in the progression of these diseases is increasingly emphasized in research. Moreover, there are reports suggesting associations between dietary factors and the onset of ...

"Furthermore, research exploring the relationship between sociodemographic development-related factors ... in disease may be influenced by reproductive capacity, sex hormones, genetic ...

Your family history offers important clues about personal kidney disease risk. Genetic factors influence not only your likelihood of developing kidney disease but also how quickly it might progress.

In a surprise, work in mice has found that the dormant X chromosome in females can reawaken ... Coulter Endowed Chair in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease at UCSF. She is the senior author ...

Background Little is known about the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease ... COPD as of 2008 were followed until 2016 and cardiac risk factors, ...