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
We abandoned our hunter-gatherer ways as civilization developed, but it may not have been the best decision. The people who still follow that lifestyle today might be healthier.
Weird fact: Too much salt increases the risk of high blood pressure, a heart attack, or stroke, but some people may be eating more because of their tongue’s genetics.
A heart attack can make your heart tissue turn into bone, which can affect the heartbeat and cause serious problems.
Yo-yo dieting can boost risk of heart disease in normal weight women.
Fluid building up in your body could be simple bloating, or it could be a sign of a serious medical condition.
Rates of coronary heart disease have steadily dropped over the last 25 years.
Preservatives help extend food products' shelf life, and can influence our overall health.
High blood pressure doesn’t always require medication — some simple lifestyle changes could help get blood pressure under control.
A poor diet during pregnancy may have dire implications for your child's heart, suggests new study.
A screening program for a rare genetic condition can reliably find people at high risk of early heart attacks, UK researchers find, and may prevent hundreds of cases annually if expanded further.
Being fit enough may prevent sedentary behavior from negatively affecting your cardiovascular health, a new study finds.
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