The key is knowing your marginal risk tolerance—the precise point where the potential upside outweighs the downside. Learning to calculate and measure risk helps make it empowering instead of ...

When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

A new study has found that carrying excess fat around the waist is associated with an increased risk of a severe cognitive ...

For almost 60 years, measuring cholesterol levels in the blood has been the best way to identify individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease. In a new study, researchers have shown ...

A new study has found that apolipoprotein B particle count and lipoprotein(a) count were critical indicators of risk for ...