A simple scoring system could change the way doctors prevent heart attacks and strokes by identifying patients who would benefit most from blood-thinning medications. Researchers behind this ...

His story mirrors countless others across America, where heart disease remains the leading cause of death. Yet many people don’t understand the silent threat that high cholesterol poses until it ...

One of the things I’ve learned over the years is that the people in your heart will make you cry—that’s just the way the waterworks work. But nothing approached the way I cried when Rob died.

A sudden drop in blood pressure can occur for any number of reasons. Hypotension, or low blood pressure, means that vital organs may not be getting enough blood flow. It may be due to dehydration or ...

Up to half of all people living with Alzheimer’s Disease in Ireland remain undiagnosed. Now, a new blood test may have the potential to transform patient care, allowing for better diagnosis, earlier ...

The first, or top, number, is called systolic blood pressure. The second, or bottom, number is called diastolic blood pressure. These two numbers show how hard your heart works to pump blood ...

As a result, blood can flow through the blood vessels more freely, and your heart beats normally. This helps lower your blood pressure. These medications perform the opposite function of alpha ...

A widow maker heart attack occurs when a blockage forms in the LAD artery, completely restricting blood flow to a large portion of the heart, including the front part, which is the “workhorse ...

If you need to make diagrams such as decision trees, flow charts, org charts, and so on, this is the Microsoft tool to do it. Visio is less popular than other Microsoft apps like Word or Excel ...