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Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season.

“It is not uncommon to see a heavier congestion…

Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are three times as likely to experience severe coronary events - including heart attacks - than people without the disease, according…

While doctors are urged to start with a diuretic-based strategy to control patients’ high blood pressure, an international blood pressure study shows a different single-pill drug combination is more effective…

Women who have up to two alcoholic drinks per day do not appear to be at increased risk of…

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have shown in both fruit flies and humans that genes involved in embryonic heart development are…

Researchers have discovered one potential mechanism by which briefly cutting off, then restoring, blood flow to arteries prior to a heart attack lessens the damage caused, according to a…

Individuals reporting a history of periodontal disease were more likely to have increased levels of inflammation, a risk factor for heart disease, compared…

Narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery, which supplies blood to the brain, may lead to a stroke or transient ischemic attack ─ often called a “mini-stroke” or TIA. Several…

You know the drill: join the family for feasting on a high-fat, carbohydrate-filled meal followed by a generous slice of pumpkin pie. Regret—brought on by…

Millions of adult children will get unwelcome news this holiday season: Mom or Dad has been diagnosed heart disease. The best gift you can give your…

Blood levels of resistin, a hormone produced by fat cells, can independently predict an individual’s risk of heart failure, cardiologists at Emory University School of Medicine have found.

Their findings were…

Minority children awaiting a donor heart for transplant have a higher death rate than white children, even after controlling for clinical risk factors, according to research presented…

An intensive, comprehensive, long-term secondary prevention program lasting up to three years after cardiac rehabilitation appears to reduce the risk of a second non-fatal heart attack and other…

The positive U.S. health trend documented over the past 30 years of reduction in risk for heart disease is not as strong as is…

Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, a major international study has found.

Obese people who don’t have high cholesterol or diabetes might think they’re healthy – despite the extra pounds. But new Ohio University research suggests that obesity raises…

It’s not just the stress of going to work. Daily rhythms in the activity of cells that line blood vessels may help explain why heart…

Advanced age and race are among the factors that can affect whether a patient dies or suffers a stroke after carotid-artery surgery, a UT Southwestern physician involved in…

The risk of sudden cardiac death following a heart attack has declined significantly in the past 30 years, although patients appear to be…

Experts in heart health, from the lab to the clinic exam room, are available for interview at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in New Orleans this week and next week.

You have a burning chest pain and a doctor looks at a squiggly-lined graph to determine the cause. That graph, an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), can help the…

Could eating grapes help fight high blood pressure related to a salty diet? And could grapes calm other factors that are also related to heart…

While African-Americans are not any more likely to suffer heart attacks than whites are, they’re nearly twice as likely to develop heart failure, apparently because of their propensity to…

In a US national survey, the risk of heart attack was increased fourfold among young adults who had used cocaine more than 10 times in their lifetimes, report researchers…

Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have created the first animal model that can reveal the side effects of anesthetic agents (the substances used to block pain during surgery) in individuals genetically…