Exercise May Help People with Irregular Heartbeat Live Longer and Lower Stroke Risk
Atrial fibrillation, often called AFib, is the most common long-term heart rhythm disorder. Instead of beating in a steady pattern, the upper chambers of...
Age Alone May Not Decide Who Is Too Old for Common Heart Procedure
Being in your late 70s or 80s does not automatically mean you are too old for a common heart procedure, according to new research...
Missing Diabetes Drugs Could Harm Heart Health
A prescription can only help if treatment can be continued in everyday life.
New research involving almost 80,000 people with type 2 diabetes suggests that...
Common Blood Pressure Drug May Carry a Hidden Heart Risk
A medicine widely used for high blood pressure and chest pain may be linked to a greater risk of sudden cardiac arrest when taken...
Cholesterol Drugs May Affect the Whole Body
Cholesterol-lowering medicines are among the most widely used drugs for protecting heart health.
They are mainly prescribed to lower LDL cholesterol, often called “bad” cholesterol,...
6 Warning Signs Your Heart is Struggling
Your heart is a powerful muscle that works around the clock. It pumps oxygen-rich blood through your body so your brain, kidneys, muscles and...
How Heart Scars Trigger Dangerous Heart Rhythm Disease
When someone has a heart attack, part of the heart muscle loses its blood supply and becomes damaged.
The body repairs this injury by replacing...
What’s in a vape? Why e-cigarettes are hardly harmless
Compared with traditional cigarettes, electronic cigarettes can seem simple and harmless.
After all, they trade the eye-stinging smoke of burning tobacco leaves for something that...
Just 10 Days After Giving Birth, She Had Heart Attack
A week and a half after giving birth to her second daughter, Amy Mazur-Hession began feeling back pain. At first, she attributed the pain...
His Heart Stopped During A Workout At Age 39. Then It Happened Again 2...
With 10 minutes left in his regular 6 a.m. fitness class, Kyle Hartley paused his rowing workout to grab a drink of water.
He took...