More activity and less sitting may reduce risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
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In a study including nearly 500 pregnant women in three U.S. cities from 2020-2025, sedentary…
Emmy-Winner Susan Lucci Talks About Her Heart Disease Experience
Susan Lucci (L), seen here co-hosting “Good Day New York” with Rosanna Scotto on February 16, 2026, is…
New Research Suggests Mammograms Could Offer Heart Health Insight
4 min readRecent research suggests that breast arterial calcification (BAC) picked up on routine mammograms may help predict…
Heart disease risk factors appeared at younger age among South Asian adults in the U.S.
Both middle‑aged South Asian men and women had higher rates of prediabetes, type 2 diabetes and high blood…
Started within 48 hours of stroke, neuroprotective medication helped brain cells, recovery
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In a phase III clinical trial in China, stroke patients treated intravenously with loberamisal, a…
High-dose therapy had lasting benefits for infants with stroke before or soon after birth
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For infants and toddlers who have had a stroke, a new treatment that restricted the…
Pregnancy-related high blood pressure varied among Asian, Pacific Islander subgroups
Pacific Islander and Filipino individuals were more than twice as likely as Chinese individuals to have a hypertensive…
Movement matters: Light activity led to better survival in diabetes, heart, kidney disease
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Light physical activity was associated with lower risk of death for adults in stages 2,…
How can you protect your brain health? Move, brush regularly, check your blood pressure
This is the 79th instalment in a series on dementia, including the research into its causes and treatment,…
Top heart and brain research for 2025 found new ways to treat old problems
American Heart Association volunteer experts’ annual list of the leading cardiovascular and cerebrovascular research for 2025 includes cutting…
Cardiologist explains how to exercise to prevent heart failure: Just 150 minutes every week
To build a healthy heart, in fact, to achieve overall fitness, experts and doctors often recommend working out…
Uterine fibroids linked to elevated heart disease risk
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Long-term heart disease risk among women diagnosed with uterine fibroids was more than 80% higher…