For decades, Body Mass Index (BMI) has been the standard tool for evaluating obesity-related health risks. Today, however, many cardiologists believe waist circumference is a better predictor of ...

Oxalic acid might do more than just contribute to the formation of kidney stones — it may also be an underappreciated driver ...

At the 2024 European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESC), key research in cardiology care included studies conducted on cardiovascular disease risk among women, cardiac distress and smoking, and ...

Single-cell and single-nuclei transcriptomics reveal cell type-specific expression in heart disease, but inter-study variation and low power limit comparisons. A study now presents HeartMap, an atlas ...

Elizabeth Cooney became STAT’s cardiovascular reporter in April with one fundamental question in mind: Why do we have so much cardiovascular and metabolic disease, and how can we do better? Liz covers ...

The work appears in Cardiovascular Research. Atherosclerosis is a silent disease that often only becomes apparent when a cardiovascular event occurs. If we can identify individuals at risk of ...

Scientists at the University of Oklahoma have identified a previously unrecognized immune system pathway that helps explain ...

Five risk factors account for approximately 50% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease. How the presence or absence of classic risk factors affects lifetime estimates of cardiovascular disease ...

The Heart Failure Collaboratory announced Dr. Konstam as the 2026 honoree in recognition of his extraordinary impact on the field and commitment to improving ...

Every fall, the University of Delaware research community gathers for a celebration of discovery. The 2025 Cardiovascular Research Symposium, sponsored by UD’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence ...

As heart disease is increasingly recognised in younger women, incorporating menstrual history into cardiovascular assessment ...