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Antipsychotic medications, which have raised red flags in the past, may increase the risk of heart disease in as little as a few months, a new study says.

Among…

A systematic review of medical evidence has determined drug-eluting stents (DES) outperform bare metal stents (BMS) for revascularization of chronic total occlusions. Researchers found coated stents…

A new study, published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found that women receive a significantly greater benefit – a 70 percent…

Worldwide rates of obesity have nearly doubled since 1980, but rich Western nations have made good progress in lowering hypertension and cholesterol, according to a large study of key…

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of major birth defects in the U.S., affecting about 34,000 babies each year. Twenty percent of these patients are born with…

Loyola’s innovative Heart Attack Rapid Response Team (HARRT) is on staff 24/7 to perform emergency surgery on patients who have experienced heart attacks from shoveling snow or other…

People who follow a vegan lifestyle — strict vegetarians who try to eat no meat or animal products of any kind — may increase their risk of developing blood…

When the body can’t distinguish its right side from its left during development, a child can develop a condition called heterotaxy in which the heart is severely…

A greater percentage of people at high risk for heart disease keep up their exercise and diet programs when they get group telephone counseling, a new study says.

Everyone…

A new study published in the journal Clinical Cardiology reveals that a Super Bowl loss for a home team was associated with increased death rates in both men and women…

Cardiac resynchronization therapy shows major benefit in reducing mortality in people with heart failure when combined with optimal medical therapy or implantable cardioverter defibrillator, according to a study published in CMAJ…

The recalled Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads (Medtronic) failed more often in younger patients, women, and individuals with hereditary heart disease, according to a multicenter study published…

Patients receiving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for surgery may be at increased long-term risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack), reports a study in the February issue…

A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere has discovered that a single alteration in the genetic code of about a fourth of African-Americans helps protect them…

U.S. health advisers backed Abbott Laboratories’ RX Acculink carotid stent on Wednesday as another option for a wider group of patients whose clogged neck arteries put them at…

Devices to restore a normal heartbeat after cardiac arrest appear to be less useful at home than in public places, researchers said Wednesday.

The so-called automatic external defibrillators, or…

An analysis of data on more than 45,000 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery at an academic medical center over the…

A common implantable device that helps stop dangerous heart rhythms by sending out small jolts of electricity sometimes misfires, Dutch researchers warn.

Over 5 years, they found more than one…

Using inexpensive air filters may help reduce cardiovascular disease risk that results from exposure to air pollution, according to researchers from Canada, who studied healthy adultsliving in…

Women treated for breast cancer with radiation therapy are more likely to die from heart disease 20 years or more down the line than women who don’t get radiation, according to…

Employees with myocardial infarction (heart attack) and other types of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a major source of direct and indirect health costs, reports a study in the…

People who drink regularly, especially heavy drinkers, may be more likely than teetotalers to suffer atrial fibrillation, a type of abnormal heart rhythm, according to a research review.

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People without heart disease should think twice before taking cholesterol-lowering statins, British researchers warn in a report out Wednesday.

While the popular drugs require a prescription in the US, they are…

A European study investigating the links between diet and disease has found that people who consume more fruit and vegetables…