Heart Health

How to protect your heart during COVID-19

Doctors and researchers are just beginning to document and understand the effects of heart disease in complicating and endangering recovery from the COVID-19 virus,...

As marijuana use grows, researchers want to know how it affects the heart

Although marijuana is growing in use – and becoming more legal – across the country, there is still much to learn about its effect...

This hormone levels could affect your risk of cancer and diabetes

A recent study from the University of Cambridge and the University of Exeter found that having genetically higher testosterone levels increases the risk of...

In people with COVID-19, a heart attack may be something different

In a new study, researchers found that 18 patients with severe COVID-19 treated at a New York City hospital showed the classic signs of...

This diabetes drug may increase risk of heart failure

Rosiglitazone belongs to a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones. It helps control blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, but it can also...

‘Stay at home’ rules during COVID-19 do not apply to heart attacks

In a new scientific statement, researchers suggest that people experiencing heart attacks should immediately phone the emergency services—even during the COVID-19 pandemic. They say that...

How men and women develop heart disease differently

In a new study, researchers found that minerals causing aortic heart valve blockage in men and women are different. This is a discovery that could...

This type of work may raise risks of diabetes, heart disease, stroke

About 17.7% of the U.S. labor force works outside the hours of 6 am and 6 pm. Shift workers are central to the travel, hospitality...

This toothpaste may help prevent heart attack, stroke by detecting plaque

In a recent study from Florida Atlantic University and elsewhere, researchers found Plaque HD®, a plaque identifying toothpaste, could strongly reduce high sensitivity C-reactive...

Scientists find first curative treatment for heart disease

In a new study, researchers found that by making a gene that allows cancers to spread to be overactive and functional in the heart,...