Imagine an online tool that takes into account your age, weight, gender, race, and other specific factors to calculate a personalized risk score that indicates your likelihood of developing ...

Figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that more than 700,000 Americans suffer from heart attack each year, an event that puts them at risk of premature death and ...

A risk prediction model has identified breast cancer survivors at the greatest risk for heart failure over 10 years.

Cardiovascular risk calculators usually expect you to know your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers. I have enough trouble remembering my email password. So this new calculator from the Harvard ...

Imagine your financial adviser using information she gathered from you one day in your mid-30s to guide your investments through your mid-60s. That’s probably not an effective strategy. Yet it’s akin ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: As a 73-year-old woman, I had a coronary calcium scan done when my new primary care physician wanted to start me on a statin. He discouraged me from having the scan done, saying it ...

Elijah Ali and his son Rafee share a love for healthy eating and sports. "[We] love to walk, love to run, play ball, [and] sports," Ali told Ivanhoe. "I get all my game from my dad," Rafee told ...

Experts have developed a new "score" to help GPs detect heart disease in younger people -- before it damages their health. Experts at The University of Nottingham have developed a new 'score' to help ...

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