A new study suggests that the political environment in which a person grows up may influence their brain health decades later. Researchers found that older adults who resided in U.S. states with more ...

The target trial emulation study suggests rigid risk thresholds aren’t needed to steer statin use in this group.

Five-point increases in Brain Care Scores were associated with greater reductions in stroke risks among older Black adults ...

For adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), statin initiation is associated with reductions in all-cause mortality and major ...

The Pooled Cohort Equations (PCE) cardiovascular risk score stratifies risk for multiple ocular diseases, according to a ...

Objective Chronic kidney disease (CKD) arises due to uncontrolled hypertension (HTN). HTN significantly increases the risk of complications in vital organs, mainly the kidneys. If hypertensive ...

Older age, certain comorbidities, and immunosuppression increase risk for severe West Nile disease and mortality.

Human embryo screening undermines parental trust, stigmatizes disability, narrows genetic diversity, and erodes the foundation of unconditional love. Artificial intelligence compounds these dangers by ...

In a new study of more than 40,000 patients, researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City have found that patients who have no evidence of calcium in their coronary arteries are not only ...

Background: Cardiovascular disease(CVD) is a leading cause of non-cancer death among cancer survivors, attributable to cardiotoxic therapies, systemic inflammation, and conventional cardiovascular ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the way chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prognosis is assessed, according to a recent study evaluating the clinical utility of an ...

Two newly developed tools for predicting 10-year risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) outperform a model commonly used to assess ...