Aggressive global risk-factor management can stop -- or even regress -- atherosclerosis in patients without necessarily reducing low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol to levels as low as the ...

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease have been formally identified for over six decades.

The SEC wants to cut corporate risk disclosures. That's the wrong fix. The answer isn't less information — it's smarter, ...

Some 3 percent to 4 percent of Black individuals in the United States have the transthyretin V142I genetic variant, which significantly increases an individual’s risk of heart failure. The UAB-led ...

Benjamin Scirica, MD, MPH, director of quality initiatives at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Cardiovascular Division, discussed the importance of team-based care and gaps in technology to manage ...

CHICAGO, IL—Adding metformin, a mix of lifestyle and risk factor management (LRFM), or both fails to improve arrhythmia burden over a standard-of-care approach in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF ...

Improvements in medical therapy, carotid-artery stenting, and carotid endarterectomy call into question the preferred management of asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Whether adding revascularization to ...

When patterns of opioid use cause significant distress or impairment, you may be experiencing opioid use disorder. While anyone who uses opioids can develop this condition, certain risk factors ...

Adapting risk management strategies is becoming a key competitive differentiator, making it essential to have the right core ...