Cardiovascular Disorders and Diseases Articles

Despite the increase in understanding about the risk factors of heart diseases and their prevention, the risk of heart attack is increasing in younger age groups and in people who have high body mass index.

In the USA about 21 percent of Asians and Hispanics have high blood pressure, as do 23 percent of whites and 25 percent of Native Americans. Over 40 percent of African-Americans, however, have treatable hypertension, and they develop it earlier in life.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as "broken-heart syndrome" was already a mystery, but new research shows that it can be caused by some very unexpected events, as well.

Sickle cell disease is a chronic condition affecting one out of every 500 African-American births. It is marked by severe pain and a variety of serious complications. Researchers are working diligently to find a cure for this grave genetic disorder.

Younger women are at greater risk for fatal heart attacks than younger men. Part of the reason is that women don’t have symptoms doctors usually associate with ischemic heart disease

Your blood pressure can tell you a lot about your health. Fluctuations in blood pressure can occur due to a variety of factors including medications and chronic diseases.

Varicose veins can be painful as well as ugly. Is laser treatment the right way to get rid of them?

Doctors all over the world are keen to lower cholesterol. Some have proposed adding statins, like fluoride, to municipal water supplies. Statin treatment for all, however, would be extremely expensive. Plant foods are a better way.

We are told over and over that it's very important to get to an emergency room anytime we suffer severe chest pain, so a potential heart attack could be treated in its earliest stages. However, more and more doctors don't always treat angina.

Heart transplants save lives. Sometimes, however, a transplanted heart fails, the recipient goes back on the waiting list, and receives another heart transplant, or even a third. Is this fair to other people on the waiting list?