Cardiovascular Disorders and Diseases Articles

A study group headed by Dr. Sasso of the School of Public Health of the University of Illinois at Chicago recently announced that women with new licenses to practice medicine earn on average $16,819 less per year than men newly granted medical licenses.

Chronic myeloproliferative disorders are conditions resulting from the over-accumulation of blood cells.

White blood cells have nuclei, participate in protecting the body from infection, and consist of lymphocytes and monocytes with relatively clear cytoplasm, and three types of granulocytes, whose cytoplasm has granules.

In most cases, an aneurysm can go undetected and produce no signs or symptoms and so they do not represent a big threat to a person’s health.

Usually, the goal is to keep your blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg (130/80 mmHg if you have diabetes or chronic kidney disease). Ask your doctor what your blood pressure goal should be.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a complex condition caused by orthostatic intolerance, which means intolerance to change from the supine position to an upright position.

Half a million people every year are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a kind of irregular heartbeat that greatly increases risk of stroke. A new "clot catcher" may make physical activity safer for them.

For over 20 years,doctors have been telling their patients to take a "baby" Aspirin a day for heart health. Recent research has found that this common advice is not always good advice.

Atrial fibrillation is a very common heart rhythm disorder which is caused by a rhythm disturbance of the atria and results in irregular, chaotic, ventricular waveforms varying from slow to extremely rapid heart beating.

On this World Heart Day, we consider the problems and possibilities of the world's most frequently prescribed medication for heart problems, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, including the all-too-common experience that taking statins causes weight gain.