Public Health

Heart disease hits people with diabetes twice as often as people without diabetes. In those with diabetes, cardiovascular complications occur at an earlier age and often result in premature death,…

Many people with long-standing high blood pressure develop heart failure. But some don't. Daniel P. Kelly, M.D., and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other…

Researchers have identified a new player in the control of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ( the “good” cholesterol ) that circulates in the bloodstream and reduces heart attack risk.…

Even comparatively low levels of air pollution boost the chances of an early death, suggests new research. The researchers base their findings on long term monitoring of air quality in different…

Cows are having a difficult month. They were already implicated as worse for global warming than cars and now it turns out that goats give healthier milk. According to University of Granada…

Limiting and labeling trans fats in food is not enough, according to Walter Willett, an epidemiologist and nutrition professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, who argues to food manufacturers…

Drinking more than one soft drink daily — whether it’s regular or diet — may be associated with an increase in the risk factors for heart disease. “We were struck by the fact that it didn’t matter…

It's not often that people are concerned there aren't enough deaths, but it's happening in the UK. Thanks to lifestyle changes and effective treatments, deaths from coronary heart disease have been…

Very young babies are vulnerable to sudden death, when seated, warns a study published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Babies less than a month old are most at risk, the…

An analysis based on computerized simulation models suggests that the lifetime risk of cancer associated with radiation exposure from a computed tomography (CT scan) coronary angiography varies…