Updated Cholesterol Guidelines Stress Personalized Care, Healthier...
More “personalized” risk assessments and a stronger emphasis on a healthy lifestyle are part of the updated key recommendations in...
November 19, 2018
Targeting Tumors: NanoKnife Advances Minimally Invasive Cancer...
While surgery, radiation and chemotherapy may be the first cancer treatments that come to mind, interventional oncology has become an...
November 8, 2018
Prescribed, Pure Omega-3 Fish Oil Lowers Heart...
A new, large clinical trial may be the first step in preventing heart attacks and strokes in some high-risk patients...
October 1, 2018
Daily Aspirin Warning for Older Adults
While eating a healthy diet, exercising and staying mentally fit are factors proven to help you live longer, taking an...
September 26, 2018
Medical Clip Benefits Patients with Severe Heart...
A device called the MitraClip may introduce a life-saving new procedure for patients suffering from severe and difficult-to-treat heart failure,...
September 26, 2018
Role of the EKG: From Doctor’s Office...
There are various tests to diagnose heart disease, with the “EKG” often serving as a springboard to other options. An...
September 18, 2018
Top 5 Myths About High Blood Pressure
Nearly half of U.S. adults may have high blood pressure, or hypertension, but many of them don’t know it or...
September 13, 2018
A Lifelong Aortic Defect Leads Her to...
“I had open heart surgery at the age of 7,” recalls Carrie Lois, who is now 57 and the mother...
September 5, 2018
Roundup: Daily Aspirin Debate, STDs Skyrocket and...
Aspirin Therapy Questionable for Those Not at Risk for Heart Disease, Stroke Aspirin therapy — which refers to taking a...
August 31, 2018
What Is Cardiac Catheterization?
You’ve experienced chest discomfort during exercise. Your doctor sent you to a cardiologist, who ordered a stress test, and the...
August 23, 2018
