While medical advances have helped people live longer with cardiovascular diseases, many of the risk factors that lead to these diseases continue to grow. Fueled by ongoing increases in high blood ...

The No. 1 cause of death in the United States continues to be heart disease. Cardiovascular (heart and blood vessels) disease has been the top killer of adults since 1921.

Ischemic heart disease, neoplasms, and cerebrovascular diseases emerged as the leading causes of death in the Philippines ...

Researchers at NYU Langone Health found that chronic kidney disease is now a leading cause of death globally and contributes ...

Cardiovascular disease remains the top cause of death and disease around the globe, but the risks are not shared equally, according to the latest assessment from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) ...

Doctors thought they knew what killed Louis XIV in 1715. Then his mummified heart revealed something unexpected.

A large Mayo Clinic study shows that current guidelines fail to detect nearly 90% of people with familial ...

A 68-year-old woman found deceased Friday afternoon near the Worth Public Library has become Cook County's first cold-weather ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women - for about 1 in 5 women - in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 60 million American ...

NEW TONIGHT THE NEWS EIGHT TEAM IS DIGGING THROUGH THE DATA TO SHOW WHAT’S KILLING THE MOST PENNSYLVANIANS EVERY YEAR, AND WHICH DEMOGRAPHICS ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO WHAT. THE CDC’S MOST RECENT ...

A new study found that smoking as few as two cigarettes a day can significantly increase a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease. Experts agree that when it comes to overall health, no amount of ...