Heart Health

Flu may strongly hurt your heart, study finds

The link between influenza and serious heart conditions just grew stronger. In a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers examined more than...

This dieting method may protect heart by reducing inflammation

In a new study from Intermountain Heart Institute, researchers found intermittent fasting could increase a key protein that controls inflammation and protects the heart. Intermittent...

For smokers, this may be the first sign of heart disease

It's long been known that smoking greatly raises the risk for heart disease and stroke. But in a new study, researchers found the first sign...

This heart problem strongly increases risk of severe COVID-19 and death

In a new study from Intermountain Healthcare, researchers found that patients with atrial fibrillation, the most common type of heart arrhythmia in adults, are...

If you take statins to lower cholesterol, you need to exercise to protect muscles

In a new study from Wageningen University, researchers found a moderate-intensity endurance and resistance exercise training program improves muscle performance in statin users without...

When dancer kept fainting, an EKG finally revealed why

Looking back, Daniela Leonhardt's first indication something was amiss with her heart happened in December 2010, when she fainted before an Irish dance competition. At...

Young sisters battle different types of heart disease

Having spent the day at a cousin's cookout, 25-year-old Kelli Tinney and her 27-year-old sister Amanda went back to their house, turned on the...

This diabetes drug can help reduce heart failure

In a new study, researchers found canagliflozin, a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, could greatly improve symptoms and quality of life within...

With new heart, mom of four competes in Transplant Games

Kristen Patton was settling in to feed her newborn on Christmas Eve as her three older children went to bed. It was the holiday evening...

Coffee boosts your physical activity, cuts sleep, affects heartbeat

In a new study from the University of California, San Francisco, researchers found caffeinated coffee may come with a blend of short-term benefits and...