#cardiovascular

Women have a lower risk of heart disease than men, but this protective effect is diminished in those with fatty liver disease.

Americans are drinking more, which puts them at risk of alcohol-related liver disease, heart disease, cancer and accidents.

One year after such transplantations, the outcomes are similar to those who receive hearts not infected with hepatitis C.

That’s the core message of an essay by Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Adults with chronic liver disease are more than twice as likely than those without the condition to have barriers to medical care.

Users can receive checkup reminders for cholesterol tests and mammograms, among other benefits.

The opioid epidemic is principally responsible for a recent increase in infective endocarditis in the United States.

Researchers analyzed autopsies among people with HIV who died in New York City since 1984.

Study finds the two types of stroke, ischemic and hemorrhagic, have different risk factors.

Researchers compared health outcomes among people with HIV, including those with and without hepatitis C.

Better treatments for hepatitis B and C and a lack of such advances for fatty liver or alcoholic liver disease are driving outcomes.

Researchers reached this conclusion after reviewing data on more than 30,000 people.

A meta-analysis has helped clear up conflicting previous evidence regarding this association.

A study of veterans also found, as other studies have, that treating the virus helps mitigate the risk of cardiovascular disease.

A European study of nearly 19,000 people with HIV also found that curing hep C was not associated with heart disease or non-AIDS cancer.

Direct-acting antivirals lower the risk of cardiovascular disease to a greater extent than interferon-based regimens.