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.

What is Carotid Artery Stenosis?

Cardiothoracic Imaging Techniques

High Blood Pressure Hypertension

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

Drug-Eluting Stent Alternatives

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Causes

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management

What is Cardiogenic Shock?

Obesity in Adults

What is Heartburn (Acid Reflux)?

Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

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Lowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Prevention

COPD and Sleep Apnea

Coronary Artery Disease Characteristics

Coronary Artery Disease and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Carotid Artery Stenosis Treatment

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Triggers

Coronary Artery Disease Preventive Diets

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treatments

Heart Disease Biomarkers and Screening Tests

Hypercholesterolemia and Hypocholesterolemia

Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors

Heart Failure Causes

Drug-Eluting Stent Design

How is Acid Reflux Diagnosed?

Heart Attack Symptoms

Diagnostic Tests for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Prognosis for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

What is Cholesterol?

Hypertension Treatment

Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD)

Heart Failure Diagnosis

Foods that Reduce Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Screening

Heart Failure Terminology

Causes and Symptoms of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Heart Attack Treatment

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Coronary Artery Disease Angina

Hypertension Diagnosis

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symptoms and Causes

Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

Cardiogenic Shock Symptoms

Drug-Eluting Stent Indications

Heart Rate Reserve

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Treatments

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

What is high cholesterol?

Cardiovascular Disease Research

Coronary Artery Disease Pathophysiology

Why is Visceral Fat Dangerous?

Link between Bisphenol A and Increase in Blood Pressure

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment

Cholesterol Physiology

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

What are Drug-Eluting Stents?

What is Obesity?

Photoplethysmography (PPG) for Heart Disease

Percutaneous Closure Procedure

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment

Heart attack and cardiac arrest difference

Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

Cardiogenic Shock Diagnosis

Heart Failure Symptoms

Heart Failure Management

High Cholesterol and Stroke Risk

Cardiovascular Drugs

LDL Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Target Heart Rate

Heart Failure Pathophysiology

Hypertension Risk Factors

Heart Failure

Cardiac Pharmaceutical Agents

What is Heart Rate?

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Causes of Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Dieting for Obese Children

Myocardial T1 and T2 Mapping

Drug-Eluting Stent Risks

Heart Failure Classification

Hidden Signs of Heart Problems

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention

Coronary Artery Disease and Aspirin

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Process

Obesity and Blood Pressure

Heart Attack Questions

Heart Rate Abnormalities

What is a Heart Attack?

How the Heart Pumps Blood

What Causes A Heart Attack?

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Hypertension Symptoms and Effects

Structure and Function of the Heart

What is Coronary Artery Disease?

Cardiovascular Benefits of Blueberries

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Heart Failure Prognosis

What is Cardiovascular Disease?

Carotid Artery Stenosis Diagnosis

Heart Attack Diagnosis

Cardiology Procedures

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptoms

Surviving Heart Attack

What is Cardiology?

High Blood Pressure in Children

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Perimenopausal women face higher risk of low heart health

Perimenopausal women were two times more likely to have a low cardiovascular health score compared to women having regular menstrual cycles, according to an analysis of nationwide U.S. data published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

13 May 2026

Osteoporosis may increase mortality risk in postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis, which is highly prevalent in postmenopausal women, has long been associated with an increased risk of fractures.

13 May 2026

AI models predict sudden cardiac arrest risk using health records

Researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that can scrutinize electronic health records (EHR) and electrocardiograms to identify individuals in the general population at elevated risk for sudden cardiac arrest - a condition that causes more than 400,000 U.S. deaths annually and has a survival rate of only 10%.

13 May 2026

Combined workouts and HIIT significantly lower daily blood pressure

Aerobic and resistance training combined, and high intensity interval training (HIIT), are associated with significant reductions in blood pressure over 24 hours, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence for several different types of structured exercise, and published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

13 May 2026

Cannabis and tobacco co-use may increase psychosis risk

A new multisite study published in Nature Mental Health found that using cannabis and tobacco together increases the risk of developing psychotic disorders like schizophrenia among those considered high risk.

12 May 2026

Loss of X chromosome linked to female infertility risk

Chromosomes carry genetic information for biological sex, which generally assigns women two X chromosomes and men XY chromosomes.

12 May 2026

Why is the US falling behind other high-income nations on survival?

A JAMA Network Open study found that the US recorded 12.7 million excess deaths compared with 17 peer high-income countries between 1999 and 2022. Circulatory and metabolic diseases drove much of the burden, while drug poisonings, alcohol-related deaths, and suicide sharply widened the gap among younger Americans.

12 May 2026

How diabetes could drain $5 trillion from the global economy by 2050

A macroeconomic modelling study across 190 countries and territories estimates that diabetes could reduce global economic output by INT$5.177 trillion between 2021 and 2050. Most projected losses stem from diabetes-related disability and morbidity, with high-income countries facing the largest dollar losses and low- and middle-income countries carrying most of the disease burden.

12 May 2026

Maternal insulin resistance linked to higher abdominal fat in girls

Girls born to mothers with higher insulin resistance during the third trimester are more likely to have more abdominal fat at age 7, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague.

12 May 2026

Regular arts engagement may help slow biological aging process

Regularly taking part in arts activities such as reading, listening to music or visiting a gallery or museum may slow the pace of biological aging, suggests a new study by University College London (UCL) researchers.

11 May 2026

Why are so many mothers missing diabetes follow-up after childbirth?

A New York City cohort study found that few women with postpartum-onset diabetes received guideline-recommended A1C monitoring over three years. Non-Hispanic Black women and mothers with more children faced lower monitoring rates, while Medicaid coverage was linked to better follow-up.

11 May 2026

Two leading heart risk tools pass a major global test

A multinational Nature Medicine validation study found that PREVENT and SCORE2 cardiovascular risk equations performed generally well across 6.4 million people from observational cohorts and randomized trials. The findings support broader use of these tools for CVD risk stratification, while highlighting the need for local calibration and more validation in underrepresented regions.

11 May 2026

New model improves outcome predictions for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Findings from a study supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a new model for predicting outcomes for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a heart condition with a prevalence of 1 in 500 people and a frequent cause of sudden cardiac death.

11 May 2026

Medicaid expansion associated with lower death rates in young adults with kidney failure

Among young adults with kidney failure, the expansion of Medicaid following the Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010 was associated with substantial declines in one-year death rates, researchers from Brown University found in a new study.

11 May 2026

Qureight establishes Scientific Advisory Board focused on pulmonary hypertension

Qureight, an end-to-end imaging CRO that provides enterprise-grade imaging and precision endpoints for clinical trials with a focus on lung and heart disease, today announced it has established a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) focused on pulmonary hypertension (PH).

From Qureight 11 May 2026

Urges for cardiologists to screen patients for UPF intake

The European Society of Cardiology identifies ultra-processed foods as a key cardiovascular risk, urging a shift in dietary guidelines for better heart health.

11 May 2026

Heart disease risk increases in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Heart disease risk has been found to increase in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), even in those with normal weight, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague.

10 May 2026

Greater weight loss from GLP-1 drugs lowers health complication risk

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Turkey, 12-15 May) shows that, following treatment for obesity or diabetes or both using incretin-based drugs, losing more weight versus less weight, and losing a little weight versus gaining weight, both lead to relatively lower risk of obesity-related conditions.

10 May 2026

Exercise or caffeine? Study finds neither clearly beats placebo for mental fatigue

Researchers compare the effects of caffeine and aerobic exercise on mental fatigue in adults.

10 May 2026

Advanced 3D heart models could transform cardiovascular drug discovery

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading global health burden, yet many preclinical systems still struggle to predict how candidate drugs will perform in the human heart.

10 May 2026