Women who experience early menopause are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than women whose menopause occurs at a later age, according to a new study by Melissa Wellons, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Vanderbilt Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.

A genetic variant may help keep an individual’s “good” cholesterol in check.

Heart disease is still the leading cause of death for men in Tennessee and cancer deaths continue to move further away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy People 2020 goal, according to the 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card.

A new screening tool – using glowing fish embryos – could identify therapeutics for myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure.

Studies offer new insights into how obesity impairs the function of HDL, the “good” cholesterol.

Compounds developed at Vanderbilt could offer a whole new way to treat atherosclerosis.