Heart Disease Stories
- New study calls into question an almost 50-year-old piece of diet advice.
- Central Americans and Cubans are almost two times more likely to develop cardiac dysfunction, a risk factor for heart failure, than Mexican-Americans, new study finds.
- Testosterone therapy, given by shot or gel, helped men with coronary artery disease reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack, and even death: study.
- New review says family should play a central role in efforts to reduce the global burden of heart disease.
- Study finds that the death of a life partner can break your heart, literally.
- A daily dose of vitamin D3 improved heart function in people with heart muscle weakness: study.
- Preventing cardiovascular disease could be easier.
- A new study adds to the growing idea that BMI and weight alone may not be the best measures of someone's health.
- Women who seek hormone therapy as little as six years after entering menopause may prevent a common type of heart disease.
- Young women who choose to treat the chronic disorder by getting a hysterectomy may increase risk for coronary heart disease, a new study suggests.
- New study finds calcium deposits in breast tissue can predict calcium in arteries, a known risk factor for heart disease.
- Napping for more than 40 minutes is associated with a greater risk of metabolic syndrome, study finds.