Lipid-lowering therapy can be considered with a 10-year PREVENT-ASCVD risk estimate of 3% to <5% (borderline) and should be considered for those at 5% to <10% (intermediate) 10-year risk. For ...

Heart health experts released new guidance to help identify early risk factors for heart disease that go beyond tracking ...

Also, for the first time, doctors are advised to test for two biomarkers in the blood that have been linked to increased risks of heart disease.

While attending a church picnic in 2022, Morristown resident John Rataiczak’s wife Melissa started “feeling funny.” Then she ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical associations, today issued an updated guideline for the management of dyslipidemia-abnormal ...

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high cholesterol, is part of new doctors' guidelines.

Eleven medical organizations advised changes to preventive cardiac care that it says could markedly reduce heart attacks and ...

Cardiology groups say adults as young as 30 should assess cholesterol risk and consider treatment to prevent heart attacks ...

Analysis of a large, nationally representative survey shows that stroke survivors under age 50 have more problems concentrating and running errands and experience more poor mental health days than ...