Heart Health

Prediabetes strongly linked to heart attack risk

Scientists from Saint Peter's University Hospital found that prediabetes appears to be a strong risk factor for heart attacks. The research was presented at the...

Thyroid hormone treatment linked to higher death risk in heart disease

Scientists from the University of Michigan found that thyroid hormone treatment intensity is linked to an increased risk of heart death. The research is published...

Common heart attack treatment has damaging effects

Scientists from Indiana University are challenging standard treatment methods used to prevent muscle damage during a heart attack. They asserted that a common treatment given...

Scientists find how to predict efficacy of drug treatments for heart attacks

Scientists from The Ohio State University have developed a mathematical model of a myocardial infarction, popularly known as a heart attack. The new model predicts...

Kitchen magnet with list of heart attack symptoms convinced him to go to the...

Danny Saxon was finishing a job repairing and cleaning a pool this past February when he started feeling like he had bad indigestion. He popped...

This walking can benefit people with heart disease

Scientists from the University of Ottawa found that nordic walking leads to a greater increase in functional capacity, and the ability to perform activities...

Whole-food plant-based diet could help reverse heart failure

Angina is a symptom of coronary artery disease. Angina feels like squeezing, pressure, heaviness, tightness, or pain in the chest. It can be sudden or...

This gland problem in your neck is linked to bone fracture, stroke and heart...

Scientists from the University of Gothenburg found in the hormonal disorder primary hyperparathyroidism, patients' risk of hip fracture is elevated by 51%, and that...

Diabetes and heart disease could increase your dementia risk

Scientists from Karolinska Institutet found that people with at least two of the following conditions—type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke—have double the risk...

Longer sitting time linked to higher heart disease risk, new study finds

Scientists from Simon Fraser University and elsewhere found that people who sat for six to eight hours a day had a 12–13 percent increased...