Heart Health

Vitamin D and this hormone may prevent heart disease, stroke, and diabetes

Vitamin D and estrogen have already shown well-documented results in improving bone health in women. Scientists from China found that this same combination could help...

This nutrient in beef, chicken, dairy may increase your risk of heart disease, death

Scientists from Penn State University found eating too much food containing sulfur amino acids – primarily found in proteins such as beef, chicken and...

Light alcohol drinking cannot boost your heart health, study finds

Scientists from MIT and Harvard found that alcohol intake at all levels was linked to higher risks of heart disease. The findings suggest that the...

8 days after giving birth, 29-year-old had a stroke

Noelia Gutierrez appreciated her mother traveling from New York to Florida to help with the arrival of her third child. One day, Gutierrez decided to...

Scientists find how COVID-19 attacks the heart

Scientists from the Bochum university hospital found how COVID-19 attack the heart. In the study, the team found that SARS-Cov-2 infects human cardiac muscle cells...

Sleep duration is part of heart health essentials

Proper sleep is essential, and a widely used scoring system for heart and brain health is being redefined to reflect that. Since 2010, seven modifiable...

Couples share same heart disease risk factors, study finds

Risk factors for heart health, such as smoking, unhealthy diets, and minimal physical activity, may seem personal. But scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital found...

Only 1 in 5 people in the U.S. have optimal heart health

Scientists from the American Heart Association found that about 80% of people in the U.S. have low to moderate heart health based on the...

Arterial stiffness may predict dementia risk, study finds

Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh found arterial stiffness may predict dementia risk, independent of brain damage. The research is published in the Journal of Alzheimer's...

Cancer survivors have higher risk of heart disease

Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine found adult survivors of cancer have a higher risk of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD) later in...