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.

Obesity and Blood Pressure

Heart Failure Diagnosis

Coronary Artery Disease Characteristics

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Triggers

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiogenic Shock Symptoms

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Prevention

Cardiac Pharmaceutical Agents

Link between Bisphenol A and Increase in Blood Pressure

What is Obesity?

COPD and Sleep Apnea

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Photoplethysmography (PPG) for Heart Disease

Cardiovascular Benefits of Blueberries

Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

Hypercholesterolemia and Hypocholesterolemia

Heart Rate Reserve

What is Heartburn (Acid Reflux)?

What are Drug-Eluting Stents?

What is Cardiovascular Disease?

Cardiothoracic Imaging Techniques

Why is Visceral Fat Dangerous?

Coronary Artery Disease Pathophysiology

Heart Failure Terminology

Foods that Reduce Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Coronary Artery Disease and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

What is Carotid Artery Stenosis?

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management

Dieting for Obese Children

Heart Rate Abnormalities

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

Drug-Eluting Stent Indications

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Causes

Obesity in Adults

Drug-Eluting Stent Design

Heart Attack Treatment

Heart Failure Causes

Cardiology Procedures

Heart Failure Classification

Hypertension Diagnosis

Diagnostic Tests for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment

Heart Attack Diagnosis

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Screening

High Cholesterol and Stroke Risk

Heart Attack Questions

Cholesterol Physiology

Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD)

Drug-Eluting Stent Risks

Coronary Artery Disease Preventive Diets

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Cardiovascular Disease Research

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptoms

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Process

What is Heart Rate?

How the Heart Pumps Blood

Myocardial T1 and T2 Mapping

Prognosis for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

What Causes A Heart Attack?

Heart Failure Pathophysiology

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

Heart Failure

History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Hidden Signs of Heart Problems

Cardiogenic Shock Diagnosis

Coronary Artery Disease and Aspirin

Surviving Heart Attack

Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Target Heart Rate

Heart Attack Symptoms

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

What is Cardiogenic Shock?

Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention

Structure and Function of the Heart

Lowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Drugs

Causes of Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

Percutaneous Closure Procedure

Heart Failure Prognosis

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symptoms and Causes

Hypertension Symptoms and Effects

Carotid Artery Stenosis Diagnosis

High Blood Pressure Hypertension

Coronary Artery Disease Angina

What is a Heart Attack?

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treatments

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis

Heart Disease Biomarkers and Screening Tests

Heart Failure Symptoms

Heart attack and cardiac arrest difference

Carotid Artery Stenosis Treatment

What is Cardiology?

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Treatments

Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment

How is Acid Reflux Diagnosed?

What is Cholesterol?

Hypertension Risk Factors

Causes and Symptoms of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

What is high cholesterol?

High Blood Pressure in Children

Hypertension Treatment

What is Coronary Artery Disease?

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

LDL Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Heart Failure Management

Drug-Eluting Stent Alternatives

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

Once-nightly oral pill helps control obstructive sleep apnea

A once-nightly oral pill helped control obstructive sleep apnea in a large, phase 3 clinical trial presented at the 2026 ATS International Conference.

18 May 2026

Global collaboration can improve diagnosis and care for children with Kawasaki disease

International collaboration in research, diagnosis and care is critical to reducing the risk of serious heart conditions for children with Kawasaki disease worldwide, according to a new science advisory published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

18 May 2026

Olive waste extract may help lower fat and improve muscle markers

A polyphenol-rich olive oil byproduct may enhance muscle health, reducing fat mass and improving antioxidant markers in adults with metabolic risk factors.

18 May 2026

Silent heart attacks may speed cognitive decline

Research shows hidden heart attacks accelerate cognitive decline, highlighting the need for better identification of cardiovascular risks to brain health.

18 May 2026

AI eye scans reveal who may be at higher risk of osteoporosis

RetiAGE, an AI-derived retinal biological age score, was associated with lower bone mineral density and higher fracture risk scores in older Singaporean adults. In the UK Biobank, older retinal biological age also predicted future osteoporosis, suggesting routine retinal imaging could eventually support opportunistic osteoporosis risk screening.

17 May 2026

Perimenopause nearly doubles women’s odds of poor heart health

Perimenopause is linked to worsening cardiovascular health, with significant declines in lipid and glucose scores, emphasizing the need for early assessment.

15 May 2026

New obesity medications offer a potent tool for combating hypertension

A meta-analysis of 32 studies and 43,618 adults presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May) shows that use of new classes of obesity drugs for weight loss is associated with a clinically relevant drop in blood pressure (BP): a 0.34 mmHg reduction in systolic BP per 1\% weight loss.

15 May 2026

Healthy plant-based foods may improve pregnancy cardiometabolic markers

Higher-quality plant-based diets were associated with more favorable cardiometabolic biomarkers in pregnant U.S. women, especially higher HDL-C and lower TG/HDL-C ratio. Indices that emphasized healthy plant foods, rather than simply penalizing animal foods, showed the strongest links with insulin resistance and lipid markers.

15 May 2026

Stent-assisted coiling and flow diverters effectively treat rare basilar artery cases

Basilar trunk artery aneurysms (BTAs) are among the rarest and most complex types of brain aneurysms, occurring in a critical vessel that supplies blood to the brainstem. Because of their location and low incidence, there has been limited research guiding how best to treat them, leaving neurosurgeons with few large datasets to inform clinical decisions.

15 May 2026

The Goldilocks sleep zone: study links too little and too much sleep to biological aging

The Nature study introduces “Sleep Chart,” a framework linking self-reported sleep duration with 23 biological aging clocks derived from MRI, plasma proteomics, and metabolomics. Across UK Biobank participants, the lowest biological age gaps generally appeared between 6.4 and 7.8 hours of sleep, while shorter and longer sleep were associated with higher disease and mortality risk.

14 May 2026

Stanford scientists map the molecular diversity of different global populations

Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have found that ethnicity and geography may influence human molecular makeup - from metabolism and immunity to gut microbiota and biological aging.

14 May 2026

Study traces adult heart disease risk back to the womb

A child's future heart health may be partially shaped before they are born, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study that found pregnancy complications are linked to poorer cardiovascular health in offspring more than 20 years later.

14 May 2026

New research maps the biological toll of drinking

A new review published in the journal Addiction confirms drinking causes substantial harm to health. Some of those harms may be reversible if the person reduces or stops drinking.

14 May 2026

Study warns of rising cognitive impairment following a heart attack

The chance of developing cognitive impairment was significantly higher for people who have had a heart attack, according to a study published today in Stroke, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

14 May 2026

Regular arts and physical activity linked to slower aging

Research shows that leisure activities, including arts engagement and physical exercise, are linked to slower epigenetic aging and improved health outcomes.

14 May 2026

Art history may help doctors better understand obesity stigma

Understanding how obesity has been portrayed in art across the ages can make doctors more empathic and less judgmental, which should lead to their patients achieving better outcomes, new reasearch at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) argues.

14 May 2026

Qureight to support Mediar Therapeutics' Phase 2 trial of MTX-474 in diffuse cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis

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, and Mediar Therapeutics (Mediar), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing first-in-class therapies designed to halt fibrosis, today announced Qureight's AI-powered 3D quantitative imaging analytics platform and services will be used to support Mediar's Phase 2 EncompaSSc clinical trial.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 13 May 2026

Semaglutide significantly reduces obesity in treatment-resistant young adults

A weekly dose of semaglutide (2.4 mg) leads to a clinically significant reduction in body mass index (BMI) and related health outcomes in young adults with severe obesity who are treatment resistant following hospital-based non-pharmacological obesity care during childhood, according to a randomized controlled trial being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May).

13 May 2026

New trial aims to improve ATTR-CM diagnosis in heart failure

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is an increasingly recognized yet frequently underdiagnosed cause of heart failure, particularly among older adults.

13 May 2026

Too little or excessive sleep may accelerate organ aging

An analysis of biological clocks throughout the human body suggests that too few hours of sleep-and too many-may speed aging in the brain, heart, lung, and immune system and is associated with a wide range of diseases.

13 May 2026