Becky Brown is a professional writer whose mission it is to empower readers. She tells stories that help people make smart, informed decisions about their health and lives. She’s covered everything ...

When Marjorie Denham visits patients at the Rex Heart Center, the volunteer does not have to look at her notes. She knows the information she shares by "heart." Denham has had two bypass surgeries, ...

Dr Vinayak Agrawal explains why looking at multiple lipids is necessary to determine the heart health of lean Indians. Here ...

Stroke can have many causes. An atherothrombotic stroke is caused by a clot that forms from plaques that build up within blood vessels in the brain. A new study suggests that people who have this type ...

In today’s world of hyper-wellness-awareness, we often associate the word “fat” with everything “unhealthy” — we believe, all sorts of diseases and health hazards that could derail our lives stem from ...

New Rochelle, NY, April 5, 2012—In most people, high blood levels of the fat known as triglycerides are an early warning sign of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, but in people of African ...

Older people who have higher levels of triglycerides, a type of fat, may have a lower risk of dementia and a slower cognitive decline over time compared to people who have lower levels, according to ...