Research Highlights Fat stored around the waist, often called belly fat or visceral fat, showed a much stronger link to heart ...

BACKGROUND: For reasons not fully understood, Black adults experience more socioeconomic disadvantages (SED) than their White counterparts, as well as earlier onset and greater mortality from heart ...

Living with a chronic medical condition after surviving a heart attack or stroke may come with additional health and personal care needs. Often survivors must rely on a family member or close friend ...

Heart attack and heart failure are two distinct but often confused cardiovascular conditions. A heart attack occurs suddenly when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, causing tissue ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia Beach woman who beat an aggressive form of breast cancer at just 29 years old is now sharing her story about an unexpected second diagnosis that highlights a rarely-discussed ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — February is American Heart Month, shining a spotlight on the importance of keeping tabs on your heart and what can happen, even if you are young and athletic. A local man went to the ...

In the past several years, major heart failure guidelines have undergone a significant shift: SGLT2 inhibitors are now considered foundational therapy for patients with reduced or preserved ejection ...

Lifestyle choices you can modify for a healthy heart include eating a nutritious diet, getting regular physical exercise and not smoking. Maintaining a healthy heart is a lifelong undertaking that ...

Shyam Bansal receives funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust. He is a member ...

Risk for a composite heart failure outcome was reduced by 22% with oral semaglutide in heart failure patients with type 2 diabetes and certain comorbidities, a secondary analysis of a ...

For years, scientists have been working to unravel the mystery of patients with failing kidneys dying from heart-related complications. Researchers now say they’ve uncovered a clue that explains why ...

Ray J is opening up about his life-threatening hospitalization, revealing a severe case of heart failure after contracting pneumonia. The "One Wish" singer, 45, thanked family, friends and fans for ...