Why winter is heart attack season
Along with parties, travel, and stress, deadly heart attacks are more common in December.
Skip the salt, grab the bananas, says heart health experts
In a study from Harvard University and elsewhere, scientists found lower sodium intake and higher potassium intake is linked to a reduced risk of...
Advanced MRI benefits people with heart stiffening disease
An advanced form of cardiac MRI has for the first-time enabled clinicians to measure the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with the life-limiting condition 'stiff heart syndrome'.
Heart failure more common in people with heart defects
Scientists found people born with heart defects may face a nearly ninefold higher lifetime risk for heart failure.
Loneliness increases risk of early death in people with heart disease, stroke
In a study from the University of Limerick and elsewhere, scientists found that loneliness, social isolation, and living alone is associated with premature death...
Many healthy people don’t benefit from cholesterol-lowering statins, study finds
A recent study from the University of South Florida found many healthy people don’t benefit from statins.
About 40 million adults in the United States...
Hearts and bodies change with age, heart disease treatments may need to change
In a new statement from the American Heart Association, scientists found for people ages 75 and older, age-related changes in general health and in...
These two high blood pressure drugs prevent heart disease effectively
A recent study from Geisinger Medical Center found people who are just beginning treatment for high blood pressure can benefit equally from two different...
Why a sportswriter’s sudden death should lead you to ask about your own family...
The sudden death of celebrated sportswriter Grant Wahl at a World Cup match in Qatar last week shocked those who knew him – and...
Scientists find how to prevent heart attack in people with diabetes
In a study from the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and elsewhere, scientists how to prevent serious events like a heart attack or death...