CHICAGO (Reuters) - New guidelines on heart health that sparked fierce debate among U.S. cardiologists last fall could lead 12.8 million more Americans to take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S.

New guidelines are targeting cholesterol as a heart health risk The guidelines call for lifelong screening and treatment for elevated 'bad' cholesterol Diet and exercise are front-line treatments, ...

Cardiogenic shock is a critical condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to sustain the body's needs, depriving vital organs of blood supply. This can cause those organs to ...

If you are over 60, there is a 70 percent chance you are already living with high blood pressure, but new guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCardia, Inc. [Nasdaq: BCDA], a global leader in cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary ...

BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. — Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a heart attack. Typically, an ambulance responds when someone is having that emergency — but there is only a small window of 90 ...

More than half of adults between ages 40 and 75 who need help managing cholesterol would be eligible for statin therapy for the prevention of heart disease on the basis of the newest American College ...

New Heart Association guidelines recommend avoiding red meat and saturated fat, found in butter. The American Heart Association (AHA) on Tuesday released new dietary guidelines to support heart health ...

REUTERS - New U.S. guidelines on heart health that were a decade in the making recommend stronger measures for patients at particularly high risk of heart attack or stroke, including more aggressive ...