Cholesterol numbers and their significance often take center stage in discussions about cardiovascular health. However, there’s another number that tends…
CPR does save lives—but not as many as you might think. Outside the hospital, the survival rate for people receiving…
To keep your brain healthy as you get older, focus on your heart health now. That is the conclusion of…
High blood pressure—we hear about it every day. Most of us know someone who has high blood pressure, or perhaps…
"My heart just skipped a beat.” You have probably heard it or said it. It’s called a premature ventricular contraction…
Your heart pumps blood throughout your body. The arteries and veins through which blood flows to all of your organs,…
Shingles causes excruciating, disabling, burning pain that may last for weeks, months, or years. A new study from Harvard researchers…
When 25-year-old Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after a play on the field, his life…
The concept of a pacemaker began 200 years ago when Luigi Galvani, the Italian physician and biologist, used an electrical…
In patients who’ve had a heart attack, a Mediterranean diet was much better than a low-fat diet at reducing risk for another heart attack. The study…
Blair had a recurrent heart arrhythmia since childhood, diagnosed in her 40’s as PVCs. When the condition suddenly grew worse, here’s how we solved it without drugs or ablation.
People with atrial fibrillation are living longer, but the condition still shortens life by two years, new research has found. Study details…
Recent research concludes that omega-3 supplements can reduce the risk of a fatal heart attack by 35%. Read on for the study findings…
The expansion of statin guidelines has brought many more people under its umbrella. Here’s how to personalize the recommendations to your health profile.
It’s difficult to predict the prognosis for a person with heart failure, but new research shows that pupil size can give valuable clues. Study results…
