Many people have no idea what their risk is—until it's too late.

Based on the PREVENT risk calculator, researchers developed age- and sex-specific percentiles for 30-year absolute risk estimates for cardiovascular disease. Framing risk relative to peers by age and ...

Diabetes and kidney disease are major risk factors for heart disease, yet many cases are undiagnosed. In addition, a consumer survey done last fall suggests that most people don't realize that their ...

Men are at a much higher risk of heart attacks than women earlier in life, a new study reveals. Researchers at Northwestern University found that men start to develop coronary heart disease years ...

HealthDay News — At age 45 years, South Asian adults have significant differences in cardiovascular risk factor prevalence compared with other US racial and ethnic groups, according to a study ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators link very high lipoprotein(a) with a higher 30-year risk of major cardiovascular events in initially healthy women. Elevated plasma lipoprotein(a) is a ...

New research indicates that men develop cardiovascular disease seven years earlier than women, suggesting that men may ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators link very high lipoprotein(a) with a higher 30-year risk of major cardiovascular events in initially healthy women. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...