A nonphysician-led intervention for hypertension improved Life's Simple 7 scores and lowered CV risk, primarily via blood pressure.

The size of a person's midsection is a better indicator of cardiovascular disease risk than body mass index (BMI) alone, according to a study published in JACC. BMI has traditionally been used to ...

A new study suggests Mounjaro may lower the risk of heart attack and other major cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes and established heart disease.

Researchers have found that taking the GLP-1 medication tirzepatide — the active ingredient in Mounjaro and Zepbound — helped lower the risk of a major cardiovascular event, such as a stroke or heart ...

If current guidelines for cholesterol and high blood pressure treatment remain unchanged, a newly unveiled heart risk calculator would render 16 million people ineligible for preventive therapy. Loss ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Not long after guidelines ...

A new risk prediction tool developed by the American Heart Association (AHA) estimated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a diverse patient cohort more accurately than current models, according to a ...

Certain lipid parameters and biomarkers are better predictors of heart disease in women than LDL cholesterol level, a speaker said at the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD ...

Very high levels of the inherited cholesterol-related particle Lp(a) were linked to a greater risk of major cardiovascular ...

The size of a person's midsection is a better indicator of cardiovascular disease risk when compared to their body mass index (BMI) alone, according to a study published in JACC, the flagship journal ...

Lace up your walking shoes! Reviewed by Dietitian Alyssa Pike, RDN A new study suggests walking for 10 minutes or more at a time may be better than shorter spurts. Those who regularly walked for 10 to ...

Research findings include some good news for coffee drinkers, with researchers pointing to potential benefits for heart ...