Heart Health

How a middle-of-the-night heart attack at 40 became her wake-up call

Intense chest pain awakened Natalie Latham from a deep sleep. Surely, she figured, it was from the spicy soup she'd eaten the night before. Natalie...

Research shows a drug that treats obesity, fatty liver, heart disease

A drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease, and sickle cell disease could reduce obesity and fatty liver and improve heart function.

Heart disease death risk strongly increases in COVID-19 pandemic

After steadily declining for nearly a decade, the heart disease death rate rose significantly during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Long-term use of common painkillers may increase risks of heart disease, stroke

Paracetamol was often suggested as a safer alternative to another class of painkillers called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In a study from the University of...

Chest pain, shortness of breath linked to long-term risk of heart disease

Chest pain accounts for more than 6.5 million visits to U.S. emergency rooms each year. Yet little research has looked at what it might...

Vitamin D and estrogen may help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes

Vitamin D and estrogen have already shown well-documented results in improving bone health in women.

Heart inflammation risk remains rare after third COVID-19 vaccine dose

Scientists found a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine poses no more risk of heart inflammation than a second dose.

Vitamin D may help prevent heart failure after heart attack

Scientists found how vitamin D may help protect heart tissue and prevent heart failure after a heart attack.

Common diabetes drug may increase heart failure risk

Rosiglitazone belongs to a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones, a new class of drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In a recent study...

Strong inflammation after meals linked to higher heart disease risk

Food-induced inflammation can increase the predicted risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases like heart disease.