The AHA urges doctors to begin screening and treating patients who are still in their 30s, well before the risks of a heart attack and stroke are higher.

New guidelines recommend considering cholesterol-lowering statins in the 30s, screening all adults for hidden risk factors ...

American College of Cardiology (ACC), and nine other leading medical organizations have released updated guidelines for ...

Blood testing for cholesterol should start in childhood, and take place at least every five years to track each person’s ...

Major medical organizations updated the cholesterol playbook for the first time in years, with new risk tools, lower targets ...

A blood pressure program adopted across the University of California's six academic medical centers has effectively lowered hypertension and prevented serious disease or death for thousands of ...

Scientists have developed an algorithm for a robot-assistive rehabilitation approach that helps people learn to walk again after neurological injuries. Scientists have developed an algorithm for a ...

SIH Herrin Hospital and SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale have earned national recognition for their commitment to providing fast, evidence-based stroke treatment that improves patient outcomes.

The risk of recurrent ischemic stroke can be reduced by managing modifiable risk factors and instituting a regimen of mechanism-specific secondary stroke prevention. Strategies for secondary ...