This diabetes drug could help treat most people with heart failure
In a recent study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, researchers found that 4 out of 5 patients with heart failure...
What heart and stroke patients should know about COVID-19 vaccines
Experts have a simple answer for heart and stroke patients questioning whether they need a COVID-19 vaccination. That answer: yes.
"People with all kinds of...
Scientists find new early warning sign for heart disease
In a new study, researchers found that the build-up of calcium in a major artery outside of the heart could predict a future heart...
Acting quickly after heart attack symptoms start can be a life saver
In a new study, researchers found that the longer the time between when heart attack symptoms start and a patient has an artery-clearing percutaneous...
Exercise can offer unlimited health benefits to your heart
In a new study, researchers found that physical activity is not only linked to a lower risk of heart disease, but there is no...
Common high blood pressure drugs can actually raise blood pressure in some people
In a new study, researchers found that commonly prescribed drugs used to lower blood pressure can actually have the opposite effect -- raising blood...
This popular weight loss diet linked to higher heart disease risk
In a recent study, researchers found that people who follow the paleo diet have twice the amount of a key blood biomarker linked closely...
This food ingredient may strongly increase heart disease death risk
In a recent study, researchers found that banning a harmful ingredient from the food supply could prevent thousands of deaths from heart disease.
The research...
Statin drugs may protect the heart from breast cancer treatment
In a new study, researchers found that statins, common cholesterol-lowering medications, may protect women’s hearts from damage caused during chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer.
The...
Obesity can weaken heart muscle in common heart failure
For decades, about half of all patients with heart failure appear to have hearts that contract normally—a syndrome now known as heart failure with...