While genetics play a role, your daily diet is the most powerful modifiable lever for heart health; avoid these hidden "LDL ...

Four in 10 cancer cases and about half of cancer deaths among U.S. adults 30 years old and older in 2019 were linked to “modifiable” risk factors like smoking, drinking, poor diet and not getting ...

Maggie O’Neill is a health writer and reporter based in New York who specializes in covering medical research and emerging wellness trends, with a focus on cancer and addiction. Prior to her time at ...

A recent review found that there were several modifiable and nonmodifiable factors that can affect the treatment adherence of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Modifiable and nonmodifiable risk ...

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City finds that patients without standard modifiable heart risk factors who experience a heart attack are common and more likely to ...

Findings of a Mendelian randomization analysis showed that greater body mass index as a child and adult and incidence of smoking were associated with an increased risk of psoriasis, whereas having ...

Stiffness of the aorta -- more so than blood pressure or subclinical brain disease -- is a key risk factor for dementia. Since aortic stiffness can be reduced by medication and healthy lifestyle ...

High blood pressure or hypertension is one of the biggest risk factors for heart diseases. It occurs when the force of blood in your arteries and other blood vessels is too high, leading to damage.

A new report by world-leading experts lists 14 modifiable risk factors associated with 40% of all dementia cases that, if addressed by people across their lifespan, could reduce the likelihood of ...

Objectives To evaluate prevention strategies, their unintended consequences and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussion (SRC) and/or head impact risk. Design This systematic review and ...