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Cardiovascular Health and Longevity at a Glance Cardiovascular health describes how effectively your heart and blood vessels deliver oxygen and nutrients throughout your body. It includes more than the absence of heart disease. Blood pressure, […]

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, increases the long-term risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, kidney disease, and other complications. Because hypertension can affect several body systems without causing obvious symptoms, ongoing […]

Doctors are reaching a clearer consensus: obesity is a complex chronic disease, but body weight and BMI alone cannot show how excess body fat is affecting an individual’s health. For decades, people living with obesity […]

Vascular aging describes the gradual structural and functional changes that occur in the arteries over time. These changes may include increasing arterial stiffness, reduced elasticity, impaired function of the blood-vessel lining, chronic inflammation, and the […]

Metabolic syndrome is not defined by one lab result, one symptom, or one number on a scale. It is a risk pattern that may include higher blood sugar, insulin resistance, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, […]

Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, or PMOS, is the new name for the condition historically known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS. The updated name reflects an important fact: this is not simply an ovarian condition […]

Managing a chronic condition often involves much more than responding to symptoms. It may require regular medical visits, medication review, lifestyle support, home measurements, and laboratory testing that shows how the body is functioning over […]

Statins save lives by lowering LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke. The right lab tests—done at the right times—make statin therapy safer and more effective. Monitoring tells you whether LDL […]