It’s your birthday and you’ve just enjoyed your favorite dinner (with an extra large helping of mashed potatoes and gravy) and finished off the celebration with…

Among Greek adults, taking regular midday naps is associated with reduced risk of death from heart disease over a six-year period, especially among working men, according to a report…

A large study confirms that Vioxx (rofecoxib), but not Celebrex (celecoxib), is associated with increased risk of a first heart attack. However, people with a prior heart attack…

Rarely does a new diagnostic test have an immediate impact on clinical practice, but the new test for BNP (B-type natriuretic peptide) has done just that. It’s a…

Cardiologists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are helping to lead a large international study involving 83 other sites that will test 3,000 patients in an…

Telomeres, tiny strands of DNA at the ends of chromosomes that seem to contain secrets about aging, may also hold clues about who is more likely to suffer from…

A University of Adelaide PhD student has won a major international award for his research into rheumatic heart disease, which affects large numbers of the Aboriginal population each year.

Dr Bobby John…

People with coronary artery disease who are taking aspirin to thin the blood and thereby lower their odds of having a heart attack run the risk of having a major…

The more your belly sticks out, the greater your risk of developing heart disease, a new study shows.

“The message is really obesity in the abdomen matters even more…

Blood transfusions save the lives of millions of heart surgery patients and others each year. But a new study suggests that patients who receive transfusions during heart bypass…

Thanks to an innovative new project being developed by Central Queensland University with funding from MBF Foundation, heart surgery patients around the country could soon have access to rehabilitation…

Scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues at four other medical centers have launched a $10 million multi-year study to identify genes that may…

New research reveals why COX-2 inhibitors such as Vioxx can cause heart attacks and strokes.

Researchers believe that their findings, published in the December issue…

The scientific evidence is strong enough to justify using folic acid as a cheap and simple way of reducing heart disease and strokes, say researchers in this week’s…

Stretching out a dose of chemotherapy over six or more hours may reduce the risk of heart problems caused by certain commonly used cancer drugs, according to…

Women who suffer a first heart attack have a greater chance of dying in the first year after the event than their male counterparts, a Dutch study shows.

Researchers looking at the safety of various arthritis and headache remedies said on Thursday they had found some more evidence that the popular analgesic naproxen may cause heart problems.

The researchers…

A recent study has news that chocolate lovers will be overjoyed to hear, it seems that chocolate is good for the heart!

According to researchers at…

If U.S. hospitals implemented some simple, timesaving strategies, heart attacks patients could get quicker treatment and would be more likely to survive, according to a study released on Monday.

Heart…

A drug commonly used to increase the body’s sensitivity to insulin may slow the progression of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study at the University…

A new study by Canadian researchers says that clogged arteries show up in children, and fatty diets and a lack of exercise are setting children up…

British doctors said on Wednesday they plan to inject stem cells into heart attack patients in an experimental treatment aimed at preventing heart failure and deaths.

About 100 patients…

Researchers in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have discovered a fundamental mechanism that causes aging blood vessels to lose their elasticity – a literal “hardening of the arteries”…

The overuse of ergotamine increases the risk of cardiovascular complications, such as heart attack and stroke, among migraine patients who are taking drugs for cardiovascular disease, according to a report…

Doctors in the UK are being warned that commonly used painkillers such as ibuprofen can increase the risk of heart attacks if taken over…