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The number of Australians dying from a prevalent disease has hit an almost 50-year low while mortality rates for dementia ...

A serious type of heart disease is called coronary artery disease. This happens when a sticky substance called plaque builds ...

Global rates of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in childhood and adolescence have nearly doubled since 2000.

In this video, Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD, professor and Clinical Chief of Nephrology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, discusses the screening process for chronic kidney disease.

Thiazolidinediones are medications that reduce blood glucose levels and are now used to help people with chronic kidney disease (CKD: defined as long-term damage to the kidneys that reduces their ...

One philosophical view proposes that life is absurd. However, having hope and creating a purposeful life are correlated with ...

New research looks into the importance of walking “bouts” in addition to step count when it comes to heart health. People who ...

A widely-used, inexpensive gout drug could reduce heart attacks and strokes in people with cardiovascular disease, according ...

Smoking is the single, largest, preventable cause of death and illness in the world. It’s estimated that smoking causes about ...

People with cardiovascular disease (i.e. affecting the heart and blood vessels) who use low-dose colchicine for at least six months will reduce their risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) and ...