Key Takeaways Heavy drinkers have a higher risk of brain lesions associated with dementiaEight or more drinks a week increase ...

The cause of heart disease is generally clogged arteries. These blood vessels can be blocked by fatty plaque that contains ...

Neurologist Stephen Hauser, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, and epidemiology professor Alberto Ascherio, ...

A new study has revealed a dramatic increase in the number of people hospitalized in the United States for cervical artery ...

The Wellington hospital successfully completed its 100th Transcarotid Artery Revascularization procedure, or TCAR.

The number of people living with dementia, including Alzheimer’s, is expected almost to double every 20 years.

Researchers are studying ways to stop cognitive decline. They are looking at what people eat, how they live, and who they ...

Not everybody with blockages needs surgical intervention. Guidelines recommend against surgery in people with no symptoms and ...

Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability and among the top five causes of death in the United States: more ...

Current treatments for heart disease mainly focus on managing risk—controlling blood sugar, lowering cholesterol, or reducing ...

At just 45 years old, Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner is practically a kid compared to the rest of his bandmates. As a ...

BACKGROUND: Shared genetic and lifestyle risk factors may underlie the development of both coronary artery disease (CAD) and dementia. We examined whether an increased genetic risk for CAD is ...