Globally, breast cancer is the leading cancer among women. Yet, determining who will develop breast cancer is still a major challenge for the medical community. A new tool, developed by UC San ...

The HeRS Hemorrhage Risk Calculator is a useful tool for medical students and professionals attempting to estimate the risk of hemorrhage in a patient suffering from ischemic stroke. The app estimates ...

If current guidelines for cholesterol and high blood pressure treatment remain unchanged, a newly unveiled heart risk calculator would render 16 million people ineligible for preventive therapy. Loss ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has launched a new mobile app that offers surgeons and multidisciplinary medical providers real-time access to its suite of adult cardiac surgery and thoracic ...

A new calculator estimates a person's risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) over the next 30 years by combining measures of cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic health for the first time, according to ...

A recently unveiled cardiovascular disease risk calculator that measures a patient's risk for heart attack and stroke is better calibrated and more precise than its previous version, but if current ...

Who knew? Kidney disease is one of the warning signs for heart disease. If you want to lower your risk of total cardiovascular disease, including clogged arteries and heart failure, take a look at the ...

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There's an easy way to see your chances of having a heart attack, years—even decades—before it happens. Think of it like a medical version of a long-range weather forecast. It's all possible with a ...

The new American Heart Association PREVENTTM risk calculator estimates the 10- and 30-year risk of total cardiovascular disease for people aged 30 years and older. The calculator estimates the risk of ...