A recent nationwide population-based cohort study has shed light on the significant relationship between proteinuria and the ...

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Thyroid disease is often missed in older adults because its symptoms overlap with those of “normal aging.” In this ...

How could loving parents starve their only child? It's the key question at the heart of the baffling case of a teenage ballerina whose parents allowed her to become so malnourished she was at risk of ...

I remember a night of inconsolable mourning when I played records way too loud, drank too much and scribbled pages into my ...

Long-standing left atrial hypertension leads to left atrial dilation, which is used as a marker of long-term diastolic dysfunction ... abnormal compliance and elastance are seen. In the normal heart, ...

New research shows that women who hit menopause later in life have healthier blood vessels and mitochondria and a different composition of metabolites in their blood than those who stop menstruating ...

It’s Women’s Heart Health Month, and experts are raising awareness about heart disease in hopes of saving lives. Feeling tired, stressed, or ...

Blood pressure numbers indicate the pressure measured when your heart beats (systolic), and in between the beats (diastolic). Less than 120/80 (one hundred twenty over eighty) is considered normal. A ...

COVID-19 accelerates the progression of atherosclerotic plaques, increasing coronary inflammation and the risk of high-risk ...

If your resting heart rate is abnormally high or low, it could signal risks that need the attention of a doctor, say heart ...