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For people over 70, pacemakers that stimulate only one part of the heart are just as effective as newer and more expensive devices that apply electricity to two of…

Findings from a study conducted in Worcester, Massachusetts, confirm that heart failure is an important cause of death and disability.

As reported in the American Journal of Medicine, Dr. Robert…

A new study has found that the parents of children born at a lower weight may have an increased risk of dying from Heart disease or Stroke - suggesting that…

Fewer people in Britain are dying from Heart disease but the north-south divide in deaths from the illness is widening, according to a review of studies on the topic.

Home blood pressure monitoring and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring - two different ways to measure blood pressure outside a doctor’s office - are both effective methods to detect “masked hypertension,” according to a…

Gastric bypass surgery to treat obesity lowers the risk of Heart disease even more than previously believed, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Patients who underwent the surgery showed improved…

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Eating dark chocolate may have a protective effect on the cardiovascular system in healthy people, according to research presented Wednesday.

“Epidemiological studies suggest that high flavonoid intake confers a benefit on…

Abiomed Inc.‘s artificial heart is not ready for U.S. approval even for dying patients with less than a month to live, a U.S. advisory panel narrowly ruled on Thursday.

The…

U.S. officials approved on Thursday the first medicine for patients of one specific race, a heart failure treatment that sharply reduced deaths among blacks.

Nitromed Inc.‘s BiDil cut deaths by…

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday urged the agency to reject a new “heart sleeve” surgical device, saying they had not seen enough evidence of benefit…

Pfizer Inc. said on Wednesday it has begun production of a key new drug that combines its best-selling cholesterol drug Lipitor with a new compound designed to raise levels of “good”…

Though some coffee drinkers develop a tolerance for caffeine, those who don’t may be sending up their blood pressure with each cup, according to new research.

In a study of…

A blockage in the heart’s arteries may reduce or completely cut off the blood supply to a portion of the heart. This can cause a blood clot to form and totally…