The ongoing worldwide increase in life expectancy portends a rising prevalence of age-
related cardiovascular (CV) diseases in the coming decades that demands a deeper …

Hypertension is a highly prevalent condition with numerous health risks, and the incidence
of hypertension is greatest among older adults. Traditional discussions of hypertension have …

It is well documented that the rate of aging can be slowed, but it remains unclear to which
extent aging-associated conditions can be reversed. How the interface of immunity and …

Chronic inflammation represents one of the most consistent biologic features of aging.
However, the precise etiology of persistent low-grade increases in inflammation remains …

Importance The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after infection is poorly understood.
Objective To determine whether hospitalization for pneumonia is associated with an …

Inflammation is a physiological process that repairs tissues in response to endogenous or
exogenous aggressions. Nevertheless, a chronic state of inflammation may have detrimental …

Inflammation is widely considered to be an important contributing factor of the
pathophysiology of coronary heart disease (CHD), and the inflammatory cascade is …

Obesity is a public health problem that has reached epidemic proportions with an increasing
worldwide prevalence. The global emergence of obesity increases the risk of developing …

Atherosclerosis, formerly considered a bland lipid storage disease, actually involves an
ongoing inflammatory response. Recent advances in basic science have established a …

In 1998, the American Heart Association convened Prevention Conference V to examine
strategies for the identification of high-risk patients who need primary prevention. Among the …