The precise nature of resiliency will shift over time, as scientists collect more data about what factors matter most. But it’s one way people can glimpse the future of where they live.

Addressing even one of these risk factors, which range from high blood pressure to loneliness, can help with some of the others, researchers say. For instance, taking up biking to increase your ...

Five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease — high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, and smoking — at age 50 can reduce life expectancy by more than 10 years.

A new study identified 17 risk factors for stroke, dementia, and depression that are within your control. The risk factors ranged from health conditions to lifestyle choices, and one stood out as ...

“And because they share these overlapping risk factors, preventive efforts could lead to a reduction in the incidence of more than one of these diseases, which provides an opportunity to ...

A recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that five common risk factors for heart disease could slash your life expectancy by more than a decade. Those risk factors ...

Ideally, people wouldn’t want to develop any of these conditions, she added, so the research team wanted to find shared risk factors so people can essentially achieve multiple goals using the ...

You’re not alone. Dementia can be scary. Understanding risk factors helps us take better steps to prevent it. Fortunately, ...

Traditional risk factors were more strongly associated with stroke in men and women without a PFO. In contrast, nontraditional risk factors, such as blood clots in the veins, migraine with aura ...

Five risk factors account for approximately 50% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease. How the presence or absence of classic risk factors affects lifetime estimates of cardiovascular ...

Nontraditional risk factors shed light on unexplained strokes in adults younger than 50 Date: April 17, 2025 Source: American Heart Association Summary: Among adults ages 18-49 (median age of 41 ...