Heart rate is one of the most powerful—and underestimated—indicators of your cardiovascular health. Understanding how it ...

During an average lifetime, the heart beats more than 2 billion times. To you, it might just be a steady “lub-dub” that speeds up under pressure and slows as you drift to sleep. But behind that rhythm ...

The DASH diet emphasizes plenty of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts, low-fat dairy and protein sources such as poultry and fish. (Getty Images) The DASH diet (aka Dietary ...

The human heart, a fist-sized muscle, tirelessly beats billions of times throughout life, powering every cell by delivering oxygen and removing waste. Its rate varies significantly from birth to old ...

Dr. Barry Franklin, a former American Heart Association volunteer, advises adults over the age of 45 to avoid snow shoveling.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. We have three "brains." They are located in the head, the heart and the gut. These three ...

Some people with heart failure need to take multiple medicines each day to keep their symptoms under control. Heart failure is a chronic, or long-term, condition. It can lead to issues not only in the ...

The SGLT2 inhibitor medicines have changed how heart failure is managed. Originally sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were used to lower blood sugar levels in people who have type 2 ...