cardiovascular disease

Eating salt substitutes could lower the risks of early death from cardiovascular diseases, according to a new study by an international research team including Australian and Chinese experts. Bruce Neal, executive director of the George Institute...

In the first-ever global report on cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women, researchers call for urgent action to improve care and prevention, fill knowledge gaps, and increase awareness to tackle the worldwide leading cause of death among...

Novo Nordisk announced the results of the CAPTURE study, a global non-interventional study to uncover the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and risk and its management in people living with type 2 diabetes. The study, the first...

A once-daily polypill safely reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, and heart failure by more than a third over five years compared with lifestyle advice alone (202/3,421 vs 301/3,417...

Few nutritional supplements can protect people from developing or dying from cardiovascular disease, and some may actually be harmful, a research review suggests. Researchers examined data from 277 trials with a total of almost one million...

People who sleep less than six hours a night may be more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those who sleep seven to eight hours, a Spanish study suggests. In the study, 3,974 bank workers wore...

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes ) shows that non-invasive measurement of skin autofluorescence (SAF) can predict future risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD)...

To mark World Heart Day on 29 September, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in partnership with Novo Nordisk announced results from the Taking Diabetes to Heart survey. The global survey investigated cardiovascular disease (CVD) awareness among...

People with heavy exposure to arsenic, lead, cadmium or copper may be more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, a review of existing studies suggests. While these elements occur naturally in the earth’s crust, certain metals can...

Women who are obese and who have been metabolically healthy for decades are still at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to metabolically healthy women of normal weight, according to an observational study that followed...