According to the World Health Organization, nearly 15 million people suffer a stroke every year worldwide. Ischemic strokes ...

A new AI tool can rapidly detect hidden cardiovascular and fall risks in older adults using routine bone scans by identifying ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - When someone is having a heart attack or stroke, time is essential. The signs are not always easy to spot. Researchers at UVA Health are studying a smartphone app ...

People with Lp(a) levels that are slightly higher than normal have about a 25 percent increased risk of a heart attack or a stroke. And very high levels — as seen in 10 percent of the population ...

High cholesterol causes plaque buildup in arteries, which can restrict blood flow and lead to heart attack or stroke. High cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke.

This damage can result in coronary heart disease, hypertension, heart attack, stroke, aneurysms and peripheral artery disease. Changes in blood chemistry from cigarette smoke can also cause plaque ...

Weed users are much more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other life-threatening heart condition than people who don't indulge, a new study says. Adults under 50 are more than six times ...

The country music singer’s good health essentially saved him from dying of a heart attack and stroke two years ago. “My doctor said it was a miracle and doctors don’t say that,” Vassar ...

Of that number, 45.3% had a stroke, 19.5% had a critical blockage in the lower limb arteries (limb ischemia), 17.1% had coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG), 17.5% had a heart attack (myocardial ...

In the next three years, those patients were four times as likely to have a heart attack or stroke, or to die from ... experiments used sterile spherical beads of just one type of plastic ...

Share on Pinterest Popular diabetes drugs have been linked with a lower risk of experiencing a second stroke or a heart attack. Image credit: andresr/Getty Images. About 12.2 million new strokes ...

In an analysis of more than 7,000 stroke survivors, those who were taking either a GLP1-receptor agonist or an SGLT2 inhibitor medication had a lower risk of a subsequent stroke, heart attack or ...