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In one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in partnership with the Harvard…

Before undergoing elective surgery, patients should consider waiting longer after a heart attack than is currently recommended, according to a study scheduled for publication in the…

Seemingly every year there are reports of a young, apparently healthy athlete dying on the court or playing field.

The sudden death of Wes Leonard, a junior at Fennville High…

If you don’t have signs of heart disease, there is no evidence to suggest that getting heart tests like CT scans or echocardiography will do you much good, researchers say.

“It…

Some research has found that people may be less likely to survive a heart attack if they are treated during hospital “off-hours.” But a new study suggests that is not…

A daily dose of safflower oil, a common cooking oil, for 16 weeks can improve such health measures as good cholesterol, blood sugar,…

Monday, March 21, 2011 – For a patient at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), keeping up with what pills to take…

It’s official: Harvey the Cardiopulmonary Simulator checked in for an extended stay at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) last month. Harvey is the latest addition to…

Modifying a patient’s dosage of the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel for 6 months depending on the patient’s level of platelet reactivity did not result in combined lower rates…

Research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows, that a specific inflammatory factor may be important in the development of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis. The results suggest that anti-inflammatory medication could…

A new Yale University study looks at why there is such a big difference in the mortality rates among patients treated for heart attacks in hospitals across the…

People about to be scanned for suspected heart disease may want to consider a low-radiation, non-invasive test, doctors said Monday.

Dr. Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos of Children’s Hospital Boston, who…

Sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, has another possible use - helping children and young adults with congenital heart…

Scientists are untangling how the tiniest pollution particles – which we take in with every breath we breathe – affect our health, making people more vulnerable to cardiovascular and respiratory…

A summary paper on the effects of alcohol consumption on biologic mechanisms associated with coronary heart disease provides an excellent review of a large number of intervention studies…

Scientists have found 13 new gene variants that increase a person’s risk of developing heart disease, the world’s number one killer, in a series of large-scale international genetic studies.

An experimental drug that targets a brain system that controls inflammation might help preserve neurological function in people who survive sudden cardiac arrest, new research suggests.

Survival rates…

Despite a long-standing requirement for medical device makers to include women in studies they submit to the Food and Drug Administration for device approval, only a…

An analysis of 26 clinical trials found no higher risk of heart attacks with AIDS drug abacavir compared with other HIV medicines, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

An inexpensive, routine blood test could hold the key to why some patients with congestive heart failure do well after being discharged from…

Doctors should transition their patients from pediatric to adult medical care for congenital heart disease during early adolescence, experts recommend in a scientific statement published in…

In a promising science-fiction-meets-real-world juxtaposition, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that the mammalian newborn heart can heal itself completely.

Researchers, working…

Scientists have identified a protein that plays a key role in debilitating changes that occur in the heart after a heart attack, according to research reported…

Most Americans have poor heart health by the time they’re middle aged, and that’s especially true for African-Americans, a new study suggests.

Only one out of 1,933 people evaluated in Pennsylvania’s…

Air pollution triggers more heart attacks than using cocaine and poses as high a risk of sparking a heart attack as alcohol, coffee and physical exertion, scientists said on…