Scientists have uncovered why people with chronic kidney disease so often die from heart problems: damaged kidneys release ...

(The Conversation) – Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in the 1950s, risk for ...

Scientists link tiny particles in blood vessels with substantially higher risk of death ...

What has concerned medics is how particles found in highly polluted areas, when inhaled into the lungs, affect blood vessels and the heart. Using an animal model researchers have demonstrated how ...