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.

How is Acid Reflux Diagnosed?

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management

Drug-Eluting Stent Indications

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Process

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

Heart Attack Questions

Hypertension Symptoms and Effects

Heart Rate Abnormalities

What is Cholesterol?

Heart attack and cardiac arrest difference

What is Heart Rate?

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Heart Attack Diagnosis

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

Dieting for Obese Children

Obesity in Adults

Coronary Artery Disease and Aspirin

Drug-Eluting Stent Design

Hidden Signs of Heart Problems

What are Drug-Eluting Stents?

Surviving Heart Attack

Link between Bisphenol A and Increase in Blood Pressure

Percutaneous Closure Procedure

Heart Failure Causes

What is Heartburn (Acid Reflux)?

Cardiovascular Drugs

Obesity and Blood Pressure

Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD)

What is high cholesterol?

COPD and Sleep Apnea

Hypertension Treatment

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Heart Failure Classification

Target Heart Rate

Cholesterol Physiology

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symptoms and Causes

Foods that Reduce Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Heart Failure

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Treatments

High Blood Pressure in Children

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Prevention

Heart Attack Treatment

Heart Attack Symptoms

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment

Why is Visceral Fat Dangerous?

Diagnostic Tests for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Coronary Artery Disease Characteristics

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Causes

Structure and Function of the Heart

Coronary Artery Disease Angina

What is Cardiology?

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treatments

What is a Heart Attack?

Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

Heart Disease Biomarkers and Screening Tests

How the Heart Pumps Blood

Cardiovascular Disease Research

Carotid Artery Stenosis Diagnosis

Hypercholesterolemia and Hypocholesterolemia

Cardiology Procedures

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention

High Cholesterol and Stroke Risk

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

What is Carotid Artery Stenosis?

History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptoms

Drug-Eluting Stent Alternatives

High Blood Pressure Hypertension

Cardiothoracic Imaging Techniques

LDL Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Coronary Artery Disease Preventive Diets

What is Obesity?

Cardiogenic Shock Diagnosis

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Triggers

Coronary Artery Disease Pathophysiology

Lowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis

Causes of Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Cardiovascular Benefits of Blueberries

Heart Failure Prognosis

Myocardial T1 and T2 Mapping

Heart Failure Management

Drug-Eluting Stent Risks

Hypertension Diagnosis

Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Hypertension Risk Factors

Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors

What is Cardiogenic Shock?

Prognosis for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Heart Failure Symptoms

What is Coronary Artery Disease?

Heart Failure Terminology

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Screening

Cardiac Pharmaceutical Agents

Photoplethysmography (PPG) for Heart Disease

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

What Causes A Heart Attack?

Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

Carotid Artery Stenosis Treatment

Heart Failure Diagnosis

Heart Failure Pathophysiology

What is Cardiovascular Disease?

Coronary Artery Disease and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Causes and Symptoms of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Heart Rate Reserve

Cardiogenic Shock Symptoms

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Spring clock change increases retinal vascular disease risk, study finds

For the first time, Northwestern Medicine scientists have detailed how the semiannual clock changes impact a person's risk of developing retinal vascular disease, a group of disorders that affect blood vessels in the retina and can lead to vision loss.

20 Jul 2026

New target makes cancer cells vulnerable to immune destruction

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have identified a molecular switch that helps determine whether cancer cells remain soft and difficult to destroy or become stiff enough for the immune system to attack.

20 Jul 2026

Semaglutide vs. liraglutide: Head-to-head study reveals a diabetes risk difference

Researchers compared semaglutide with liraglutide in 57,456 insured adults without recorded diabetes or cardiovascular disease who initiated formulations indicated for chronic weight management. Semaglutide users had a lower risk of incident diabetes, particularly beyond six months of follow-up, but limited cardiovascular events prevented a precise comparison of cardiovascular risk.

20 Jul 2026

Daily polypill significantly improves cardiac function in heart failure patients

Treatment with a "polypill" that combines multiple medications into a single daily dose significantly enhanced cardiac function and reduced hospitalizations for patients with heart failure, according to a study led by Michigan Medicine and UT Southwestern Medical Center.

20 Jul 2026

Increasing fruit and vegetable intake can decrease cardiovascular disease risk

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Low consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV) is a major preventable contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD).

20 Jul 2026

High doses of caffeine from energy drinks cause cardiovascular harm

Previous studies have found that caffeine is the world's most popular stimulant and psychoactive substance, and coffee is the most common way people consume caffeine.

20 Jul 2026

Filtered coffee links to slower biological aging while instant coffee shows the opposite

Filtered coffee consumption was associated with slower biological aging, while instant coffee was linked to faster aging in UK Biobank participants. The cross-sectional findings do not prove causation, but they suggest that brewing method may influence coffee’s relationship with aging biomarkers.

20 Jul 2026

MLB and the American Heart Association empower fans with lifesaving CPR skills

When cardiac arrest strikes outside of a hospital, survival rates remain unacceptably low, often because CPR is not administered immediately, according to the American Heart Association.

17 Jul 2026

NFL PLAY 60 grants help schools boost student physical activity

Lower physical activity is taking a toll on the health of American children and contributing to rising obesity rates nationwide.

17 Jul 2026

Long-term study shows how neighborhood conditions shape women's heart health

Women who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods face worse heart health and experience faster decline as they approach menopause, according to a long-term study led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.

17 Jul 2026

NOX4 inhibition may protect hearts affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Researchers at the University of South Florida USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have identified a potential pathway that could protect cardiac function in people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a progressive and fatal genetic disease that weakens the body's muscles.

17 Jul 2026

A breakthrough in coronary bypass surgery: AMT Medical’s SAFE-CAB results published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

AMT Medical B.V., a clinical-stage Dutch medical technology company, today announced that the one-year results of the SAFE-CAB II clinical trial have been published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

17 Jul 2026

Dexamphetamine and methylphenidate work similarly for ADHD but differ in weight effects

A head-to-head trial of ADHD treatments finds dexamphetamine and methylphenidate equally effective, with notable differences in weight management over time.

17 Jul 2026

Diet helps people lose weight regardless of genetic obesity risk

A study reveals dietary coaching aids weight loss equally in individuals with high and low genetic obesity risk, challenging genetic determinism in weight loss.

17 Jul 2026

Maternal diets high in UPFs may influence children’s health years later

A narrative review of 84 publications links higher ultra-processed food intake during pregnancy and early childhood with poorer diet quality, maternal complications, childhood obesity, and potential immune, metabolic, and neurodevelopmental effects. The authors identify possible microbiome and biopsychosocial pathways but emphasize that the predominantly observational evidence cannot establish causality.

17 Jul 2026

New guideline offers recommendations for testosterone replacement therapy use

The Society's Clinical Practice Guideline on testosterone replacement therapy in men with hypogonadism offers recommendations on appropriate testing and prescribing practices.

16 Jul 2026

New model improves short- and long-term disease risk prediction

Researchers developed ALADYNOULLI, a Bayesian generative model that combines longitudinal health records, age, and polygenic risk to identify reproducible disease signatures across more than 683,000 participants. In UK Biobank testing, the framework achieved stronger short- and long-term risk discrimination than established clinical scores while revealing disease subgroups and genetic associations.

16 Jul 2026