Heart Disease

What Causes High Blood Pressure?

Blood pressure is the term used to describe the pressure exerted on the arterial walls as blood flows through them. This pressure is at its highest when the heart contracts and pumps blood through the arteries and is called the systolic pressure.

Heart Attack Questions

What is Cholesterol?

What are Drug-Eluting Stents?

Foods that Reduce Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment

What is Carotid Artery Stenosis?

Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Percutaneous Closure Procedure

Photoplethysmography (PPG) for Heart Disease

What Causes A Heart Attack?

Coronary Artery Disease and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

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Hidden Signs of Heart Problems

Hypertension Risk Factors

Hypertension Symptoms and Effects

Hypertension Treatment

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symptoms and Causes

What is Cardiovascular Disease?

Heart Rate Abnormalities

What is Heart Rate?

Heart Failure Causes

Cardiac Pharmaceutical Agents

Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

COPD and Sleep Apnea

Obesity in Adults

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

Diagnostic Tests for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treatments

Target Heart Rate

Why is Visceral Fat Dangerous?

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

How is Acid Reflux Diagnosed?

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Triggers

Heart Failure Pathophysiology

Heart Failure Prognosis

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Treatments

What is Heartburn (Acid Reflux)?

Heart Disease Biomarkers and Screening Tests

Heart Attack Treatment

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Prevention

Cardiovascular Drugs

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Heart attack and cardiac arrest difference

Carotid Artery Stenosis Diagnosis

High Blood Pressure Hypertension

LDL Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment

Heart Failure Terminology

Heart Attack Symptoms

Drug-Eluting Stent Design

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management

Cardiothoracic Imaging Techniques

Cardiology Procedures

Cardiovascular Benefits of Blueberries

Carotid Artery Stenosis Treatment

Link between Bisphenol A and Increase in Blood Pressure

Heart Rate Reserve

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Process

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptoms

Cardiovascular Disease Research

Surviving Heart Attack

Cardiogenic Shock Symptoms

Structure and Function of the Heart

Coronary Artery Disease Characteristics

Heart Failure Diagnosis

What is high cholesterol?

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

What is Coronary Artery Disease?

What is Obesity?

How the Heart Pumps Blood

Hypercholesterolemia and Hypocholesterolemia

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

Heart Attack Diagnosis

High Blood Pressure in Children

Heart Failure

Cardiogenic Shock Diagnosis

Heart Failure Symptoms

Lowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Hypertension Diagnosis

Coronary Artery Disease and Aspirin

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors

What is a Heart Attack?

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Screening

Heart Failure Management

Drug-Eluting Stent Risks

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention

History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Causes

Coronary Artery Disease Preventive Diets

Cholesterol Physiology

Causes of Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Coronary Artery Disease Pathophysiology

Drug-Eluting Stent Indications

High Cholesterol and Stroke Risk

Myocardial T1 and T2 Mapping

Prognosis for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Heart Failure Classification

What is Cardiology?

Dieting for Obese Children

Drug-Eluting Stent Alternatives

Obesity and Blood Pressure

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

Coronary Artery Disease Angina

Causes and Symptoms of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD)

What is Cardiogenic Shock?

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Loneliness and social isolation cost people years of healthy life

The numbers paint a grim picture. Roughly half of all U.S. adults are lonely, according to a 2023 report, and nearly as many feel socially isolated.

22 Sep 2026

Childhood trauma linked to risky health behaviors in late adolescence

Experiencing childhood trauma appears to increase a young person's likelihood of smoking, substance use and developing unhealthy eating habits by contributing to behavioral problems during adolescence, such as impulsivity and poor self-control.

22 Sep 2026

New spin-out launches technology to revolutionize hormone disorder diagnosis

The University of Birmingham and Imperial College London have announced the launch of Intelligent Mass Spec Solutions Ltd (IMS Solutions), a new spin-out that is set to revolutionize diagnosis of conditions featuring disordered steroid hormone metabolism.

22 Sep 2026

Siemens Healthineers and Novo join forces to advance care for people living with MASLD and MASH

Siemens Healthineers and Novo have announced a collaboration focused on advancing care for people living with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and its progressive form, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).

From Siemens Healthineers 22 Sep 2026

Children who ate healthier plant foods had slightly lower blood pressure later

Researchers followed 3,990 Dutch children for an average of 1.6 years and found that higher healthful plant-based diet scores were associated with modestly lower blood pressure and total cholesterol. Children with higher unhealthful plant-based diet scores had lower estimated food costs and distinct metabolite profiles, while healthful scores showed no clear cost association.

22 Sep 2026

Several cups of coffee a day showed no clear diabetes link over 10 years

Researchers followed 1,158 adults in Italy for 10 years, comparing those who drank at least two to three cups of coffee daily with those who drank none. They found no statistically significant difference in new cases of impaired fasting glucose or type 2 diabetes, but the small non-consumer group limits how confidently the study can rule out a difference in risk.

21 Sep 2026

New digital system helps young cancer survivors manage late treatment effects

For a young person, completing cancer treatment can mark a long-awaited return to everyday life - education, work, relationships and plans for a family.

21 Sep 2026

New international standard creates unified health data across Europe

Every breath we take contains tiny particles that are invisible to the naked eye and can harm our health. Air pollution alone contributes to heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, and other chronic illnesses.

21 Sep 2026

New mRNA vaccine expands flu protection options for older adults

Every fall, millions of Americans heed the call to get their annual flu shot. Getting vaccinated reduces the risk of severe illness, hospitalization, and death from influenza.

20 Sep 2026

Study identifies brain mechanism behind pregnancy-related food cravings

Why do food cravings become so strong during pregnancy? Researchers at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, in collaboration with colleagues, have identified a brain mechanism that may help explain how pregnancy changes the motivation to seek certain highly palatable foods.

18 Sep 2026

Wildfire smoke may be more harmful than other air pollution, two Mount Sinai studies find

As climate change drives more frequent and intense wildfires, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have published two large-scale studies showing that wildfire smoke may pose greater health risks than other sources of air pollution, with higher risks of hospitalization for cardiovascular and respiratory disease and poorer survival among patients with lung cancer.

18 Sep 2026

Chronic stress and inflammation cause silent structural heart damage

Chronic stress from people's everyday lives may be causing lasting structural changes to the heart, harming health and reducing life expectancy.

18 Sep 2026

New clues link Long COVID and POTS

Dizziness, fatigue, brain fog and a racing heart. They’re commonly associated with Long COVID, but new Adelaide University research suggests that for some people, these symptoms may also be indications of Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a debilitating and difficult-to-diagnose condition.

18 Sep 2026

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation offers lasting heart health benefits

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospital admissions by a third and heart attack risk by more than a quarter, as well as remaining beneficial in the long term, a new Cochrane review finds.

17 Sep 2026

CGM reveals glucose patterns linked to cardiometabolic risk in adults without diabetes

Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) are the clinical gold standards for screening for blood sugar levels yet they provide only static snapshots that fail to reflect the highly dynamic and heterogeneous nature of metabolic impairment.

17 Sep 2026

Being active may not tell the whole story when it comes to weight gain

A five-year study of 2,606 young and early-midlife Finnish municipal employees examined how leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behavior were associated with gaining at least 10% of baseline body weight. About 24% of women and 12% of men experienced major weight gain, with the analysis pointing to the importance of considering activity and sedentary time together.

17 Sep 2026

ACC Latin America 2026 studies highlight sex and regional disparities in heart attack care

disparities in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) management and outcomes across Latin America, focusing on women as a higher risk, yet underrepresented, patient group.

17 Sep 2026

Wildfire smoke poses greater health risks than other pollution

17 Sep 2026

GLP-1 drugs and SGLT-2 inhibitors linked to slower kidney decline

The diabetes drugs glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs may also help to slow decline in kidney function in people with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria (high protein levels in the urine), finds a large US study published by The BMJ today.

17 Sep 2026

POTS identified in nearly two-thirds of Long COVID patients

Dizziness, fatigue, brain fog and a racing heart. They're commonly associated with Long COVID, but new Adelaide University research suggests that for some people, these symptoms may also be indications of Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a debilitating and difficult-to-diagnose condition.

16 Sep 2026