Should you be worried about blood-hungry 'kissing bugs'?
May 3, 2019
"Kissing bugs" are found in the U.S., sometimes transmitting an infection that can lead to heart disease many years later. How worried should we be?
Heart Disease
Predicting heart disease, stroke could be as easy as a blood test
Apr 29, 2019
A blood test used for diagnosing heart attacks may help predict cardiovascular disease for middle-aged and older adults, a new study says.
Artery-clearing procedure could help even the oldest heart attack patients
Apr 23, 2019
More heart attack patients in their late 70s and 80s are receiving a procedure that researchers say is saving lives.
Evidence grows for an HPV-heart disease connection
Apr 22, 2019
Recent studies have linked cancer-causing HPV to cardiovascular disease – in both women and men.
Scared to exercise after a heart attack? It's probably scarier if you don't
Apr 18, 2019
For heart attack survivors, working out may be the last thing they want to do. It should probably be the first.
How can therapy for heart attack patients help cancer survivors?
Apr 8, 2019
Cardiovascular disease is a "competing cause of death" in cancer survivors. Cardio-oncology rehab may provide a solution to lowering that risk, says a new scientific statement.
Proactive steps can reduce chances of second heart attack
Apr 4, 2019
Twenty percent of people who have a heart attack will be hospitalized for a second one within five years. Taking a few healthy steps can help prevent that from happening.
Surgery like Jagger: Doctors explain heart valve problems and treatment
Apr 3, 2019
Doctors explain the basics of heart valves, how they have problems – as in the case of Mick Jagger – and how they are treated.
Former college sprinter let her weight, BP and cholesterol soar. Then she did something about it.
Mar 18, 2019
Tina Johnson went from college sprinter to being overweight and having high blood pressure and cholesterol. She's rebounded using what new prevention guidelines suggest are keys to healthy life – and she's showing others how to do it, too.
Avoid daily aspirin unless your doctor prescribes it, new guidelines advise
Mar 18, 2019
Heart-related benefits of aspirin are offset by the risk for bleeding, prompting new recommendations that could upend widely held practice for many healthy people.