Heart Health

More young Americans die from heart failure, study finds

Scientists from Duke University found a growing number of younger American adults are dying of heart failure. The research is published in JAMA Cardiology and...

Eating cranberries everyday can improve your heart health

In a recent study from King’s College London, researchers found daily eating cranberries for one-month improved heart function in healthy men. Low consumption of fruits...

Many people with heart failure have uncontrolled high blood pressure, study shows

Heart failure occurs when the heart can’t pump as well as it should and fails to deliver enough oxygen to the body, making it...

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer increases death risk in heart disease

Scientists from National Cancer Institute found that hormone therapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of cardiovascular disease-related death, especially in older men. They found...

Ultra-processed foods are breaking your heart

Scientists from New York University found that eating more ultra-processed foods is linked to an increased risk of heart disease and death, with each...

Old-school health check can heart disease better than genetic test

Scientists from Duke University found that genetic risk for heart disease is far less predictive of problems than actual lifestyle risk factors such as...

Napping, sleeping too much or too little, may increase heart disease risk in older...

Scientists from Karolinska Institute found that napping, as well as sleeping too much or too little or having poor sleep patterns, appears to increase...

These common heart drugs may increase heart failure risk

In a recent study from the University of Vermont, scientists found that “stiff heart” heart failure accounts for about half of all cases. In addition,...

She was being treated for her lungs, but the problem was her heart

New Year's Eve 2018 was no party for Maria Philippon. The manager of a banking call center in Orange County, California, she finished work and...

Fat buildup in liver may increase risk of heart failure

Scientists from the University of Verona found the buildup of fat in the liver, known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD for short,...