Heart Health

Flu shot reduces risk of death for people with heart disease

For people who have heart disease, getting a flu shot greatly reduces the risk of dying or developing serious heart-related complications, a new analysis...

Inconsistent mealtimes may increase heart disease risk

To stay healthy, don't just watch what you eat – watch when you eat it. New research is driving that point home by looking at...

This diabetes drug could effectively treat heart failure, study finds

In a new study, researchers found that a drug used to treat diabetes is able to reduce hospitalizations and cardiovascular deaths in patients with...

New drug changes structure of the heart

For the first time, a medication has impacted heart muscle thickness and function for patients with the most common inherited heart condition, rather than...

Common prostate cancer treatment may harm heart health, study shows

In a new study, researchers found that prolonged androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) can impair cardiorespiratory fitness and increase the risk of heart death in...

Healthy sleep habits may help reduce heart failure risk

In a new study, researchers found that adults with the healthiest sleep patterns had a 42% lower risk of heart failure regardless of other...

This new drug boosts heart health in people with type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney...

In a new study, researchers found the investigational drug finerenone reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure in patients with chronic kidney...

Your mom’s lifestyle may predict when you will have first heart attack or stroke

In a new study, researchers found that the offspring of mothers with heart-healthy lifestyles live nearly a decade longer without heart disease than those...

This drug could help treat 80% of people with heart failure

In a new study, researchers found that four out of five patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) could be considered for...

This diabetes drug could treat and reverse heart failure

In a new study, researchers found that empagliflozin, a recently developed diabetes drug, can effectively treat and reverse heart failure in both diabetic and...