Older adults with calcium and magnesium deficiencies also had poorer cognitive performance compared to peers with adequate micronutrient levels, a recent study has found.

We asked Dr. Joanne Pike, CEO of the Alzheimer's Association to help explain the challenges and hopes when it comes to this debilitating disease.

A study of more than 9,800 adults in their 70s showed that those with stable cholesterol levels had a "significantly lower" risk of dementia.

Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the US last year, accounting for 162,600 deaths, according to preliminary data.

Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.

The original risk score is based on traditional risk factors for heart disease, sex, race and coronary artery calcium (CAC) levels, which are obtained from computed tomography (CT) imaging.

Women aged less than 50 years hospitalized with MI have gender-specific cardiovascular risk factors and experience typical chest pain.

When older adults have significant year-to-year fluctuations in their cholesterol levels without changes in medication, it could indicate an increased risk of developing dementia or cognitive decline, ...

People with chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes or both were predicted to have elevated cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk 8 to 28 years sooner than someone without those conditions, according to a ...

“Obesity is a serious risk factor for ischemic heart disease, and this risk is going up at an alarming rate along with the ...

Women with diabetes and kidney disease will develop heart problems 26 years earlier, results show. “Our findings help to ...

New research indicates that people with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome may have a higher risk of developing ...