Heart Disease Is Striking Younger Adults as Obesity Spreads
For many years heart disease was viewed mainly as a disease of old age. Today that picture is changing.
According to a large new international...
Ultra-Processed Foods May Harm Your Heart More Than You Think
Ultra-processed foods have become a major part of modern diets. Many people eat them every day because they are convenient, inexpensive, and widely available.
Breakfast...
Heart Attack Blood Test Could Quickly Identify People Most at Risk
A severe heart attack is a medical emergency that can become life-threatening within minutes or hours. Doctors must decide very quickly which patients need...
Common Diabetes Drug May Dramatically Lower Heart Failure Risk
Heart failure is a serious condition that affects millions of people around the world. It develops when the heart becomes too weak or too...
Common Thyroid Drug Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Death
Millions of people around the world take levothyroxine every day to treat an underactive thyroid. In the United States, it has remained one of...
New Cholesterol Pill Could Treat People Who Cannot Take Statins
High cholesterol is one of the leading risk factors for heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes.
Millions of people around the world have high cholesterol,...
Why You May Need a Heartbeat Check During Blood Pressure Tests
Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death around the world, and stroke is one of its most serious complications.
Many strokes happen...
6 Warning Signs Your Heart May Be in Trouble
Your heart is one of the hardest-working organs in your body. Every minute of every day, it pumps blood that carries oxygen and nutrients...
Only 1 in 5 Heart Patients Attend This Life-Saving Program
Recovering from a heart attack involves much more than surviving the emergency itself.
Although modern medicine has greatly improved the treatment of heart disease, many...
Could This Diabetes Drug Become a Game Changer for Peripheral Artery Disease?
Peripheral artery disease is one of the most serious complications affecting people with type 2 diabetes. The condition develops when arteries in the legs...