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Women with heart problems may be “tougher” about their disease than their male counterparts, a new University of Michigan study suggests. And that difference may help explain…

The results of a study of older adults suggest that people who have an under active thyroid, or hypothyroidism, but with no symptoms, have an increased the risk of congestive…

New research published online in European’s leading cardiology journal, European Heart Journal, links exposure to chronic noise with an increased risk of heart attack.

Furthermore, the risk seems to be…

Patients who have had a heart attack and are treated with a high dose of a statin drug did not have significant reduction in…

Eating a Mediterranean-style diet for three months can reduce the risk of heart disease by 15 percent, a new study shows.

The heart-healthy effects of the Mediterranean diet - rich in…

Men with heart disease who have high levels of hostility are more than twice as likely as men with more trusting personalities to get sick or require hospitalization for…

Researchers have found that the blood-thinning drug Lovenox works as well as a standard artery-clearing drug in patients with severe heart-related chest pain, but neither…

Sweating during physical activity or in hot weather is healthy. But when individuals begin perspiring while experiencing discomfort in their chest, arm, neck or jaw - with…

An experimental diabetes drug that may increase the risk of congestive heart failure and death should not be allowed on the market despite initial support from U.S. regulators,…

According to a Florida autopsy report a 4-year-old boy who collapsed in June after riding a rocket simulator at Walt Disney World had a serious heart defect which…

Heart failure patients are less likely to die after they go home from the hospital if the hospital has participated in an organized quality improvement program, compared with patients treated…

A University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center team today is reporting high levels of success, and lowered risk and radiation dose, from a new approach to treating…

Aspirin may significantly reduce death rates in post-menopausal women with heart disease, according to a long-term observational study reported by researchers on Monday.

“It was shown before and…

Stem cells derived from human heart tissue develop into multicellular, spherical structures called cardiospheres that express the normal properties of primitive heart tissue, smooth muscle and…

Heart attack sufferers who are left with very low ejection fractions - a sign that the heart is not pumping efficiently - appear to benefit from a novel procedure in…

A pot belly increases the risk of a Heart Attack - even if the rest of the physique is as skinny as a beanpole.

The person with that…

A variety of secondary prevention programs, even ones lacking an exercise component, can improve the health outcomes of people with coronary artery disease, new research shows.

Previous reports have shown…

Children who start out skinny and small, but gain weight relatively rapidly after the age of two are at increased risk for Coronary heart disease later in life, researchers…

According to the results of a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins, Viagra, a drug used to treat Erectile dysfunction (ED) in millions of men, reduces the stimulatory effects…