Heart Health

Spotting and hearing heart attacks before they strike

If heart attacks blared a warning signal, patients would have a better chance of avoiding them. That’s the idea behind a new imaging technique...

More than 50% of people with type 2 diabetes die from heart disease

In a recent study published in Diabetologia, researchers discovered one of the reasons why more than 50 percent of people with type 2 diabetes...

This lung drug may help treat heart failure, study finds

In a new study from the University of Manchester, researchers found a drug currently used to treat lung fibrosis may also help patients who...

Why a high-fat diet is bad to your heart health

In a new study from Vanderbilt University, researchers found a high-fat diet disrupts the biology of the gut's inner lining and its microbial communities. It...

Since her cardiac arrest at 37, she urges everyone to know CPR

At 37, Mary Gordon was fit, energetic and healthy. She regularly pushed herself through workouts on a high-tech stationary bike and ran 5Ks. So...

Eating blueberries every day may prevent heart disease

In a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers found that eating a cup of blueberries a day reduces risk...

Vitamin K can benefit for your heart health

In a new study from Edith Cowan University, researchers found that people who eat a diet rich in vitamin K have up to a...

Flu-like symptoms actually were signs of a heart attack – her first of two

Between her nausea, chills and profuse sweating, Liz Johnson thought she was coming down with the flu. The seventh-grade math teacher struggled through the rest...

Identical in nearly every way, these twins even had the same kind of heart...

As identical twins who look alike, sound alike and even have the same mannerisms, Patricia Wood and Pamela Smith are used to people mistaking...

Cutting 200 calories daily and exercising may improve heart health

In a new study from Wake Forest, researchers found older adults with obesity who combine aerobic exercise with eating slightly fewer calories each day...