Heart Health

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...

Most people with type 2 diabetes have high risk of a fatal heart attack...

In a new study, researchers suggest that preventing heart attacks and strokes in type 2 diabetes patients managed in primary care should be an...

Arthritis drugs may help reduce heart disease risk

In a new study, researchers found that drugs used to treat initial signs of rheumatoid arthritis also improve the early stages of heart disease. The...

Early menopause predicts early heart trouble for white women

White women who experience early menopause are three times more likely to also experience heart trouble at a younger age than their peers who...

Even older people could benefit from cholesterol-lowering drug statins

In two new studies, researchers provide fresh evidence that LDL cholesterol-lowering therapies, including statins, can reduce the rate of major heart disease events in...

This single brain region links depression, anxiety, and heart disease

Over-activity in a single brain region called the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) underlies several key symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders, but an...