Cardiovascular Diseases

The ACC and AHA recently updated the guideline for diagnosing and distinguishing various causes of chest pain in patients to further prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases.

In this commentary, Michael J. Bloch, MD, writes about smoking as a risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke, the need for clinicians to devote time and resources to smoking cessation interventions...

The USPSTF has updated its recommendations on the use of vitamins and dietary supplements for the prevention of cardiovascular disease or cancer.

The US FDA has approved a new treatment for a rare heart condition in certain patient populations but has restricted access.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is estimated to occur in 1 in 4 adults worldwide but understanding of the disease and associated complications is lacking. The American Heart Association recently released a...

Researchers recently examined the relationship between breast artery calcification in women and adverse cardiovascular events.

To better understand the relationship between serious mental illness and cardiovascular risk, researchers examined the 10- and 30-year cardiovascular risk in individuals with and without mental illness. ...

In a recent study, researchers examined the impact of an educational intervention for young children to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life.

Using data from nearly 60,000 participants in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study, the researchers evaluated the relationship between social isolation and loneliness and the risk of...

A recent study sought to examine if early NIT after emergency department evaluation impacted the risk of death or acute myocardial infarction in patients.