Heart Health

Keto diet may be linked to higher risk of heart disease, study finds

The ketogenic or "keto" diet has been growing in popularity in recent years. It involves limiting carbohydrate intake to less than 10% of daily calories...

Cannabis, alcohol and how they affect the heart

A panel of Michigan experts discusses how the use of cannabis and alcohol can be linked to cardiovascular health.

Former college hoops star learned she had a hole in her heart after it...

Tamie Felty was waiting for her wife, Amy Burnett, to get dressed for brunch when she heard a crash in the bedroom. "Hey, what's going...

20g of nuts a day may keep heart disease, cancer at bay

A recent study from Imperial College London and other institutions has found that consuming at least 20 grams of nuts a day could effectively...

Aspirin may increase heart failure risk by a quarter, study finds

Aspirin is a medicine that is commonly used to relieve pain and inflammation, and is also used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in...

Espresso coffee could affect your cholesterol levels, study finds

Researchers from UiT The Arctic University of Norway discovered that drinking espresso coffee may affect cholesterol levels in men and women differently. Coffee is a...

After a heart attack, he ran a 17-mile trek through the Grand Canyon –...

During what should've been an easy walk with his wife, Rick Mater found himself winded. It made little sense to him. The TV executive was...

Serious lung inflections may increase heart attack risk

In a study from Vanderbilt University, scientists found that people with serious pneumococcal infections, including pneumonia and sepsis, are at a strongly increased risk...

New program can strongly reduce risk of heart disease

A study by researchers from the University of Calgary, the Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration (ICDC), and Emergence Creative found that a program called MOXIE...

Inflammation may predict heart attack, stroke better than ‘bad’ cholesterol

A new study has found that inflammation may be a more powerful predictor of future cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, than...