Heart Disease
Cardiovascular disease or heart disease is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels (arteries and veins). Cardiovascular diseases remain the biggest cause of deaths worldwide, though over the last two decades, cardiovascular mortality rates have declined in many high-income countries.
Heart Disease Stories
Patients can no longer use their good cholesterol levels to ensure they're protected from heart disease.
Predicting which patients are at risk for arrhythmia may help physicians decide who needs defibrillators.
New research suggests cold weather can increase risk for heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Two new studies paint the popular blood-thinning drug Warfarin in a new, negative light.
A new study suggests the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk Equation overestimates individuals' risk for developing cardiovascular disease, and by consequence doctors have over prescribed statins.
New study suggests a small amount of chocolate every day may help prevent insulin resistance and diabetes, two risk factors for heart disease.
In a breakthrough study, researchers were able to chemically change skin cells to heart and brain cells.
People with heart disease should eat like a Mediterranean native to lower their risk of heart attack and stroke, say researchers.
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New heart drugs hailed as breakthrough treatments by researchers are struggling to gain traction among prescribing doctors, posing a headache for makers such as Novartis, which reported more weak sales for its Entresto medicine on Thursday.
New study suggests loneliness and social isolation are risk factors for heart attack, chest pain, and stroke.
Fundamentalist religious parents are legally allowed to keep their children from doctors in certain states.