#Heart

REPRIEVE trial finds pitavastatin reduced the risk for heart attack, stroke and other major cardiovascular events by 35%.

Family history can help doctors identify preventive care for conditions such as diabetes or heart disease.

Large trial finds that pitavastatin lowered the risk for major cardiovascular events by 35%.

The American Cancer Society stresses prevention to help lower the chance of heart disease for people with cancer.

Lower levels of HDL cholesterol were associated with increased risks for heart attacks in white but not Black adults.

HIV-positive heart transplant recipient (and cancer survivor) Miriam Nieves meets the family of the HIV-positive donor, Brittany Newton.

Combining e-cigarettes with regular cigarettes may increase health risks.

People with both HIV and hepatitis C are at greater risk for myocardial infarction as they age, and traditional risk factors also matter.

Scientists drill down into crucial Women’s Health Initiative data to get definitive answers on whether supplement use improves our health.

The cyberattack did not involve ransomware or disrupt patient care, says Broward Health of southeast Florida.

An implantable synthetic tissue created in a lab may one day allow doctors to repair damaged hearts, muscles and vocal cords.

Latino adults who consistently ate healthily found their hearts could pump blood more efficiently and reduced the thickness of its walls.

Sometimes the older formulation of tenofovir is a better choice for HIV prevention.

Evidence shows that a class of drugs called senolytics can inhibit many age-related illnesses, which might increase human longevity.

Consuming excessive amounts of processed meat weekly raises the risk for heart disease by 46% and death by 51%.

Hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes are very common in the Latino community.