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.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

Foods that Reduce Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

What is Obesity?

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

Cardiology Procedures

Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors

Obesity and Blood Pressure

Heart Failure Causes

Dieting for Obese Children

Coronary Artery Disease Preventive Diets

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Heart attack and cardiac arrest difference

Carotid Artery Stenosis Diagnosis

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

Hypertension Treatment

Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD)

What is Cardiogenic Shock?

What is Coronary Artery Disease?

Drug-Eluting Stent Risks

Cardiogenic Shock Symptoms

Coronary Artery Disease Characteristics

Heart Failure Management

What are Drug-Eluting Stents?

Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

LDL Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Cardiac Pharmaceutical Agents

Heart Attack Symptoms

Cardiovascular Drugs

What is Carotid Artery Stenosis?

Heart Failure Terminology

What is Cholesterol?

Percutaneous Closure Procedure

History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Drug-Eluting Stent Indications

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Prevention

Coronary Artery Disease Angina

Heart Attack Questions

Drug-Eluting Stent Alternatives

Cholesterol Physiology

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management

Heart Attack Treatment

Photoplethysmography (PPG) for Heart Disease

Coronary Artery Disease and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

How the Heart Pumps Blood

Lowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Heart Rate Abnormalities

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Triggers

Heart Failure

Causes of Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Hypertension Symptoms and Effects

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symptoms and Causes

Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis

Structure and Function of the Heart

What is Heartburn (Acid Reflux)?

Cardiothoracic Imaging Techniques

What is Cardiovascular Disease?

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

What is Cardiology?

Why is Visceral Fat Dangerous?

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Causes

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment

Hidden Signs of Heart Problems

Cardiogenic Shock Diagnosis

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

High Cholesterol and Stroke Risk

High Blood Pressure in Children

Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptoms

Coronary Artery Disease Pathophysiology

What is a Heart Attack?

How is Acid Reflux Diagnosed?

Prognosis for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Hypertension Diagnosis

Link between Bisphenol A and Increase in Blood Pressure

Heart Attack Diagnosis

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Heart Failure Classification

Heart Failure Symptoms

Cardiovascular Disease Research

Myocardial T1 and T2 Mapping

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention

Heart Rate Reserve

Causes and Symptoms of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Hypercholesterolemia and Hypocholesterolemia

Hypertension Risk Factors

Coronary Artery Disease and Aspirin

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Process

Target Heart Rate

Surviving Heart Attack

What Causes A Heart Attack?

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Heart Disease Biomarkers and Screening Tests

COPD and Sleep Apnea

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treatments

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Screening

Diagnostic Tests for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Carotid Artery Stenosis Treatment

Heart Failure Diagnosis

What is Heart Rate?

Heart Failure Pathophysiology

High Blood Pressure Hypertension

Obesity in Adults

Heart Failure Prognosis

Cardiovascular Benefits of Blueberries

Drug-Eluting Stent Design

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Treatments

What is high cholesterol?

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Muscle-specific molecular signal regulates how human heart cells produce and utilize critical energy

Researchers have identified a key protein that may help failing hearts regain function, offering new insight into why some hearts recover while others do not.

21 May 2026

Common food preservatives linked to higher cardiovascular disease risks

Eating foods that contain common preservative food additives may increase the risks of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, according to research published in the European Heart Journal today.

21 May 2026

Oral AD109 improves sleep apnea severity but tolerability remains a challenge

AD109, an investigational once-daily oral combination of aroxybutynin and atomoxetine, significantly improved airway obstruction and oxygenation in adults with mild-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea who could not use PAP therapy. However, symptom improvements did not clearly differ from placebo, and about one in five AD109 recipients discontinued treatment due to adverse events.

21 May 2026

Evaluating stroke-prevention strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation by age

The EuroPCR Course Directors have selected 3 major late-breaking trials that will be presented for the first time during EuroPCR 2026 and are set to impact practice worldwide.

20 May 2026

ChatCPR instructor delivers near-perfect CPR guidance in proof-of-concept study

A proof-of-concept JAMA Internal Medicine study found that widely available AI models could deliver many guideline-concordant CPR instructions in simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest scenarios. A purpose-built AI agent, ChatCPR, achieved higher checklist-based adherence than baseline AI models and dispatcher-assisted CPR instructions, but prospective real-world validation is still needed.

20 May 2026

Pregnancy magnifies heart risk, but age alone does not explain why

A large U.S. cohort-crossover study found that pregnancy and the postpartum period were linked to about a seven-fold higher relative risk of major adverse cardiovascular events compared with patients’ nonpregnant baseline risk. This relative risk increase did not vary by maternal age, suggesting pregnancy broadly amplifies existing cardiovascular risk rather than making older age itself the driver of pregnancy-specific cardiovascular complications.

20 May 2026

Fatty liver disease linked to higher risk of heart attacks

Researchers at Mass General Brigham Heart and Vascular Institute found that people with hepatic steatosis, commonly called "fatty liver disease," have a higher amount of noncalcified, rupture-prone coronary plaque and face nearly twice the rate of cardiovascular events compared to those without steatosis.

20 May 2026

New AI framework maps systemic obesity damage at cellular resolution

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU) and collaborating institutions have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) framework that maps disease-related changes throughout the entire mouse body at cellular resolution.

20 May 2026

Patient intuition leads to urgent open-heart surgery at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn

Shana Hale, a Brooklyn mother of two and a technology executive, noticed a mild burning sensation in her chest during her daily walks last summer.

20 May 2026

Rerouting dead tumor debris enhances cancer immunotherapy outcomes

As tumors outgrow their blood and nutrient supplies, or respond to treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy, individual cancer cells die, exposing their internal scaffolds.

20 May 2026

Women may face greater cognitive impact from dementia risk factors

Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that women not only experience a higher burden of certain modifiable dementia risk factors, but also appear more vulnerable to their effects on cognitive function.

20 May 2026

Higher marine microplastics may signal greater stroke and chronic disease burden in coastal communities

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19 May 2026

Study links pediatric sedation strategies with later neurocognitive outcomes

A new Penn Nursing study suggests that the specific sedatives used during critical illness in early childhood may have long-term implications for a child's neurocognitive development.

19 May 2026

560-610 minutes of exercise a week linked to substantial cardiovascular health benefits

Adults should aim to do between 560 and 610 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous physical activity to achieve a substantial reduction in the risk of heart attacks and stroke, suggest the findings of an observational study published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

19 May 2026

Why AI tools need clearer guardrails in high-stakes health research

AI-enabled research tools can accelerate health research, but their data-science roots may clash with epidemiological workflows built around prespecified designs, causal reasoning, bias control, and reproducibility. The article argues that researchers should integrate AI cautiously, using clear workflow boundaries, peer review of AI outputs, and sustained human accountability.

19 May 2026