PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Heart valves play an important role in the circulation of blood throughout the body. They open and close to control or regulate the blood flowing into and out of the heart.

Adults who reported feeling lonely had a higher risk of developing degenerative heart valve disease, even after accounting ...

People reporting a high level of loneliness, but not those with social isolation, had elevated risk for developing valvular ...

The study highlights how loneliness, rather than social isolation, is linked to an increased risk of degenerative heart valve ...

Mitral valve, computer illustration. Valvular heart disease can, if found early, be managed and potentially mitigated before the need for surgery. As such, education is important so that cardiology ...

Your heart has four valves that open and close with each heartbeat to control the flow of blood. Heart valve diseases are conditions that affect one or more heart valves. Each heart valve condition ...

Almost one-third of people over the age of 60 have valvular heart disease, although less than 3% have clinically significant disease, according to new registry data from the United Kingdom. The ...

Take this news to heart. You could have a common condition that increases your risk of heart attack and stroke — and not even know it. More than a quarter of “healthy” adults over 60 have undiagnosed ...

"Identifying an association between AMD and valvular heart disease may provide important insights to the pathogenesis of AMD, may serve as a biomarker for these diseases, and may potentially assist in ...

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) today unveiled its “Stay in the Race” initiative to support heart valve health.

MONTH AND TOMORROW IS HEART VALVE DISEASE AWARENESS DAY. SO RIGHT NOW I’M JOINED BY DOCTOR ARUN KUMAR REDDY WHO IS A CARDIOLOGIST AT UPMC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ...

Adults who reported feeling lonely had a higher risk of developing degenerative heart valve disease, even after accounting for traditional heart disease risk factors and genetics, according to new ...