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May 15, 2026Lipids are the name for fats found in the blood and body tissues. Your body needs some lipids to build cells, but too much of certain types can be dangerous. The two main types we often talk about ar...
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July 15, 2022
By MedStar Team
Heart disease remains the number one killer of U.S. adults, and the number of young women having heart attacks—sometimes without realizing it—is increasing at an alarming rate. Accordin...
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June 03, 2022
By M. Barbara Srichai-Parsia, MD
Heart disease is the nation’s leading killer of women, and misinformation about heart health contributes to that tragic statistic. The heart, which is approximately the size of a closed...
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April 15, 2022
By 2030, an estimated 50% of U.S. adults will be obese—a sharp increase from the approximately 33% who are obese in 2022. With obesity rates on the rise, there’s no better time to bring awareness to ...
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March 25, 2022
Each year, about 900,000 people in the U.S. develop a venous thromboembolism—a serious blood clot that can form in any blood vessel of your body. When a clot develops in a blood vessel in the lungs, ...
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February 18, 2022
The valves in your heart’s four chambers open and close in precise patterns an average of 100,000 times a day. This process circulates blood through our bodies and helps us remain active. But...
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February 04, 2022
Most people know that heart disease is linked to diet and exercise—two lifestyle factors often considered to be within a patient’s control. Yet heart disease remains the No. 1 cause of de...
