Look at your belly fat, not your body mass index, a new study says. Excess fat stored around the waist is more strongly ...

Waist-to-hip ratio is another belly fat measure, which may predict heart attack risk better than BMI, especially in women, ...

Waist circumference, not BMI, was tied to increased risk for adiposity-related heart failure, and the association was ...

Research Highlights Fat stored around the waist, often called belly fat or visceral fat, showed a much stronger link to heart ...

Lake said rural communities have a nearly 30 percent higher mortality rate from heart failure than people living in urban or ...

One in 3 adults reports not getting the approximately seven hours of recommended sleep per night. That may be sustainable for ...

Researchers at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, and the University of Utah School of Medicine, have demonstrated that a gene therapy can ...

While these policies are meant to control health care costs by steering patients toward lower-priced alternatives, they may ...

Patients with COPD and heart failure treated with SGLT-2 inhibitors experienced higher rates of volume depletion and adverse renal events. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) reduces the ...

Japan has approved two stem cell-based therapies for treating Parkinson's disease and heart failure in a world first, through ...

Sour cream can add a zesty creaminess to any dish, but you need to go easy on it. That is because sour creams can be linked to an elevated risk of heart failure.

The SGLT2 inhibitor medicines have changed how heart failure is managed. Originally sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were used to lower blood sugar levels in people who have type 2 ...