Heart Health Update

Northwestern Medicine researchers present findings at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011

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On Track to Getting Even Fatter

By 2020 majority of adults in America will be overweight, suffer from diabetic conditions

Today's Teens Will Die Younger of Heart Disease

High blood sugar, obesity, poor diet, smoking, little exercise make adolescents unhealthiest in U.S. history

How to Avoid Heart Disease and Cancer at the Same Time

Healthy lifestyle for your heart also cuts cancer risk up to 40 percent

The need for kidney transplantation doesn't match our capacity.

Lorenzo Gallon of Feinberg is among those to say doctors should consider trying to reuse more organs to ease a shortage