MRI evidence shows modest urban haze stiffens heart tissue, marking air pollution as a stealth cardiac saboteur beyond traditional risks like smoking.

The new study looks at how consuming vitamin B-12 led to a cascade of signals originating in the brain and triggering actions ...

Cardiovascular disease is different in women and men in that women's arteries are smaller, the way plaque develops in the ...

The data, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, analyzed over 37 million heart disease deaths spanning ...

Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease can lead to what's known as a "widowmaker" heart attack, so-called because of the ...

Researchers using cardiac MRI have found that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with early signs of heart ...

Eating just one extra serving of leafy greens a day could help protect your heart, according to a new long-term study that ...

From 1970 to 2022, there was a decrease in heart disease mortality overall, but an increase in mortality from other heart ...

The U.S. heart attack mortality rate has dropped by 89% in the past 50 years, according to data published June 25 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.  At the same time, death rates from ...

Medicare covers screening and a prevention program for cardiovascular disease. It also covers doctor visits, diagnostic tests, medications, and surgery for the condition. Every 5 years, people can ...

A study shows overall heart disease deaths dropped 66% from 1970 to 2022, but deaths from heart failure, arrhythmias, and ...

The ion channel PIEZO2 doesn't just convey touch stimuli. It also plays a key role in the development of coronary vessels, a team led by Annette Hammes from the Max Delbrück Center reports in "Nature ...