In 1772, William Heberden described ‘a disorder of the breast marked with strong and peculiar symptoms… [with a] sense of strangling and anxiety’. Individuals affected are ‘seized while they are ...

AIIMS Delhi, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), launched a detailed study to find out if ...

Researchers have found that, among Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander subgroups, risk for stroke and coronary heart disease is higher.

But Jeremy London, MD, a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon in Savannah, Georgia, says that requesting three specific ...

In fact, several published studies highlight urban versus rural shift of heart ailments. Urban CHD (coronary heart disease) prevalence climbed from roughly 1 per cent in 1960 to 9–10 per cent in 2016 ...

Counties with lower densities of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and cardiovascular specialists consistently ...

The ion channel PIEZO2 doesn't just convey touch stimuli. It also plays a key role in the development of coronary vessels, a team led by Annette Hammes from the Max Delbrück Center reports in "Nature ...

In a nutshell Heart attack deaths have dropped by 89% since 1970, thanks to major medical advances, public health efforts, ...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is an equal opportunity killer and ranks as the number one killer of both men and women in the United States. [1] Most women are unaware that CHD kills more women than ...

Purushottam et al. (2016) devised an efficient algorithm based on hill climbing and to evaluate the probability of heart disease, decision trees were used. To employ classification techniques, they ...

Gum disease or inflammation, like gingivitis, has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease. Here's how flossing can help.

Objective Limited contemporary data exist regarding outcomes and resource use among adults with congenital heart disease and heart failure (ACHD-HF). This study compared outcomes, emergency department ...