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A new study from Thailand suggests that extracts from turmeric spice, known for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, may help ward off heart attacks in people who’ve had recent bypass…

Determining one’s vascular age via an ultrasound of the carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) can help triage the so-called “worried well,” a small study found.

In an effort to test the robustness…

Older dialysis patients may not get the expected cardioprotective effect from ACE inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs), researchers warned.

Major cardiovascular adverse events were no less likely on an ARB…

Fish oil supplements may not do much to ward off heart attacks and strokes in people who already have heart disease, a new report suggests.

Research has been mixed on…

In a study that included elderly men and women without preexisting cardiovascular disease, major and minor electrocardiographic abnormalities were associated with an…

Can a simple diagnostic test used to measure a heart’s electrical activity help predict heart attacks? And can that knowledge help doctors reroute their patients away from…

Bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, the ‘superbug’ behind MRSA, can be a major problem for patients who have a medical implant, such as a replacement heart valve…

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements failed to show a benefit for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), authors of a meta-analysis concluded.

Data from 14 randomized trials showed a relative…

Heart cells starved of nutrients are less likely to be damaged during periods of decreased blood flow and sudden influxes of blood, known as ischemia and reperfusion, and…

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women, and evidence-based national guidelines promote the use of daily aspirin for women at increased risk…

A current study shows that the risk for coronary heart disease and stroke increases by almost thirty per cent in a person whose partner has cancer. The…

Russians born during the Leningrad Siege in World War II, which was responsible for some of the greatest losses of civilian life in history, are giving scientists new strategies…

Results from a second trial reported here confirmed the value of initial coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scan in the emergency department for evaluation and management of lower-risk patients with…

Patients showing heart attack symptoms who received a mixture of glucose, insulin and potassium from paramedics were half as likely to go into cardiac arrest or die than those…

Patients with blocked coronary arteries who opt for heart bypass surgery appear to live longer than those who choose a less-invasive stent procedure, according to a large study comparing…

Patients experiencing symptoms such as chest pain who received from paramedics an intravenous solution consisting of glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) had no reduction in…

The death of Whitney Houston in some ways represents a medical “perfect storm” - heart disease and a plethora of drugs that can accelerate or aggravate that condition, cardiovascular specialists told…

A study of an experimental blood thinner from Merck & Co. (MRK) showed that while the drug helped thwart heart attacks it raised the risk of brain…

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital discovered that blockages in the right coronary artery and those in bending areas of…

Use of a patient’s bone marrow cells for treating chronic ischemic heart failure did not result in improvement on most measures of heart function, according to a…

It’s a natural laboratory for studying heart disease, lung problems, muscle loss, sleeping disorders and new medical technologies. It’s also the highest mountain in the…

Orthostatic hypotension predicted a significant 46% elevated risk of developing heart failure over about 18 years of follow-up, an observational analysis found.

The association was stronger among those 55…

According to new research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), a state’s level of wealth or poverty is linked with levels of cardiovascular inflammation in women. Cardiovascular inflammation…

Taking vitamin E supplements does not increase or decrease heart failure risk among women, according to a study in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.

The Canadian Journal of Cardiology has published a focused update to the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s atrial fibrillation guidelines.

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is…