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Liposuction may do more than just slim down your waistline - it might also help your heart, a new study shows.

Within three months of the slenderizing procedure, patients’ triglyceride levels…

Cardiac rehabilitation, traditionally used after heart attack to prevent future heart problems, seems similarly effective for people who have a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mild stroke,…

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researchers are reporting a possible new blood test to help diagnose heart attacks.

In the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, researchers…

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have discovered that cardiac patients receiving medicated stents – a procedure that occurs often when blood vessels are blocked - have a lower likelihood…

U.S. health officials are teaming up with insurance companies, pharmacies, health providers and community groups in a campaign to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over five years.

Impotence could be a harbinger of heart disease in some men, according to a fresh look at the medical literature that found the two often go together.

But it’s not…

Heart attack patients with psoriasis are 26 per cent more likely to die from cardiovascular disease, or suffer from recurrent heart attacks or strokes, and…

Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have discovered that an ancient pathway called autophagy also mobilizes and exports cholesterol from…

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a new drug target that may treat and/or prevent heart failure. The team evaluated failing human…

For the first time, new research shows that patterns of alcohol consumption – a drink or two every night, or several cocktails on Friday and Saturday nights…

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed a formula to predict which heart transplant patients are at greatest risk of death in the year following their surgeries, information…

Fat around the heart ups the risk of heart attack, finds Japanese study.

Even a thin person can have pericardial fat. Several studies suggest that pericardial fat induces inflammation of the…

Acute myocardial Infarction (AMI) is a major cause of death and disability. Worldwide, one in eight patients die of an ischemic heart disease. Its rapid and accurate diagnosis is critical for the…

Because of improved management at the acute stage, the risk of dying in hospital after a heart attack has decreased by about 50% in…

A randomised multicentre open-label study evaluating the efficacy and safety of prolonged antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary disease has found that 24 months’ duration…

Chocolate may be good for the heart but cardiologists are not giving you a license to indulge.

New research presented at Europe’s biggest medical meeting Monday suggested chocolate consumption…

A Swedish study presented at the ESC Congress 2011 today, found a higher incidence of arrhythmias in cross-country skiers with a long history of endurance training. Compared…

“A multidisciplinary educational programme in cardiovascular prevention directed to children of school age can reduce their parents’ cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular prevention could have more…

The adverse effect of right ventricular pacing on implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patient survival is sustained long-term; however, the impact appears to be mitigated by cardiac resynchronization…

Each year, more than one million cardiac catheterizations are performed in the United States, and most of these procedures are performed through the groin to access…

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is not a generally accepted option for infants or toddlers with acute coronary syndrome. However, a new report published in the August issue…

Giving your heart to a supportive spouse turns out to be an excellent way to stay alive, according to new research from the University of Rochester. Happily wedded people who undergo…

Mayo Clinic researchers will receive more than $3 million in a four-year grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute to translate recent…

A new study suggests Americans with heart failure may benefit less from recommended medications than patients in other countries.

The findings, which one doctor called “provocative,” point to an emerging problem…

Researchers have found more evidence supporting the role of fat around the heart in promoting atherosclerosis, according to a study published online in the journal Radiology.

New…