High blood pressure is one of the most common health problems in the world. It affects millions of people and is often called ...

Research shows semaglutide — commonly sold as Ozempic or Wegovy — can improve kidney function and survival rates for people ...

These results will help streamline treatment, reduce side effects and improve quality of life for thousands of patients every ...

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Does losing weight by taking GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy actually improve your risk of other diseases associated ...

Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of severe heart failure: For ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Hearts can’t heal ...

A massive international study could upend 40 years of heart attack treatment. Researchers found that beta blockers—routinely prescribed after uncomplicated heart attacks—offered no real benefit for ...

A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug seemed to reduce LDL long-term in a small trial. The results may point ...

As people grow older, many parts of the body gradually become stiffer and less flexible. Muscles, joints, and blood vessels can all lose some of their elasticity over time. The same thing also happens ...

Millions of people in the U.S. suffer from heart failure and that number is growing. South Carolina patients are at higher ...

Heart failure (HF) patients who have reduced or mildly reduced ejection fraction derive better outcomes when low-dose digoxin ...