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.

High Blood Pressure in Children

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Triggers

Cholesterol Physiology

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

What is Carotid Artery Stenosis?

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treatments

Heart Failure Diagnosis

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiovascular Drugs

Lowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

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Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD)

Diagnostic Tests for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Cardiac Pharmaceutical Agents

Cardiogenic Shock Symptoms

What is Cholesterol?

Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

Carotid Artery Stenosis Treatment

Drug-Eluting Stent Alternatives

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment

Heart Failure

Heart Failure Symptoms

Cardiovascular Disease Research

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Structure and Function of the Heart

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis

Hypertension Symptoms and Effects

Causes and Symptoms of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Drug-Eluting Stent Design

Heart Attack Questions

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Screening

Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors

Cardiovascular Benefits of Blueberries

Photoplethysmography (PPG) for Heart Disease

What Causes A Heart Attack?

Heart attack and cardiac arrest difference

Heart Attack Diagnosis

Heart Rate Abnormalities

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Process

High Cholesterol and Stroke Risk

What is Heart Rate?

Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Heart Attack Treatment

What are Drug-Eluting Stents?

Coronary Artery Disease Characteristics

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptoms

What is Obesity?

What is Coronary Artery Disease?

High Blood Pressure Hypertension

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

Obesity and Blood Pressure

Heart Failure Prognosis

Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Carotid Artery Stenosis Diagnosis

Link between Bisphenol A and Increase in Blood Pressure

Target Heart Rate

LDL Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Heart Rate Reserve

Coronary Artery Disease Angina

Myocardial T1 and T2 Mapping

Drug-Eluting Stent Risks

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Why is Visceral Fat Dangerous?

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment

How the Heart Pumps Blood

Hidden Signs of Heart Problems

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symptoms and Causes

Foods that Reduce Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Heart Failure Terminology

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Treatments

Coronary Artery Disease and Aspirin

Heart Failure Causes

History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

What is Cardiogenic Shock?

Cardiology Procedures

Heart Attack Symptoms

Heart Disease Biomarkers and Screening Tests

Coronary Artery Disease Preventive Diets

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management

Prognosis for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Drug-Eluting Stent Indications

Heart Failure Classification

Percutaneous Closure Procedure

COPD and Sleep Apnea

What is Cardiovascular Disease?

What is Heartburn (Acid Reflux)?

Cardiogenic Shock Diagnosis

What is a Heart Attack?

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Causes

Dieting for Obese Children

Hypertension Treatment

Surviving Heart Attack

Hypertension Risk Factors

Obesity in Adults

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention

Cardiothoracic Imaging Techniques

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Prevention

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

Coronary Artery Disease Pathophysiology

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

How is Acid Reflux Diagnosed?

Heart Failure Management

What is Cardiology?

Coronary Artery Disease and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Hypercholesterolemia and Hypocholesterolemia

What is high cholesterol?

Heart Failure Pathophysiology

Causes of Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Hypertension Diagnosis

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

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

Could a fingerprick at home flag your Alzheimer's risk? New study says yes

Researchers demonstrated that self-administered fingerprick blood tests measuring p-tau217 and GFAP, returned by post, correlate strongly with venous blood biomarkers and cognitive performance across the Alzheimer's disease continuum. Combined with computerized cognitive testing, this at-home approach offers a scalable, patient-friendly tool for triaging individuals at risk of AD-related impairment.

10 May 2026

Liver fat may disrupt post-meal glucagon control in early type 2 diabetes

Researchers found that MASLD, rather than type 2 diabetes alone, was linked to higher fasting glucagon levels in adults with newly diagnosed diabetes and matched controls. In people with early type 2 diabetes, higher liver fat was specifically associated with exaggerated early post-meal glucagon responses, independent of insulin sensitivity, visceral fat, amino acids, or NEFAs.

10 May 2026

Online friendships with strangers linked to greater adult loneliness

A first-of-its-kind study of U.S. adults suggests that all of those strangers you're friends with on social media are not helping you to feel less lonely.

8 May 2026

Cardiometabolic diseases remain leading cause of excess American mortality

Between 1999 and 2022, the US had substantially higher death rates than other wealthy nations, largely due to cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases (including diabetes), Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and drug and alcohol complications.

8 May 2026

Wearable devices track real-time health effects of pollution and heat

As climate change drives more frequent extreme heat and worsening air pollution, researchers are seeking better ways to understand how these exposures affect health in real time.

8 May 2026

New brain findings open pathways for understanding behavioral and neurological disorders

When danger lurks, instinct keeps us safe. It compels us to run from a burning building or wrestle a knife-wielding attacker to the ground. It also adjusts our body physiology to support these behaviors.

8 May 2026

AI-driven hormone tracking could help detect infertility early and improve conception

Men and women who appear hormonally 'normal' may still have undetected disruptions in the timing and coordination of their reproductive hormones that could impair fertility, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague.

8 May 2026

AI-powered MRI scans predict diabetes and heart disease risk

Research shows AI-enhanced MRI body composition metrics can predict diabetes and heart disease risks, offering insights for better health screening practices.

8 May 2026