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.

Coronary Artery Disease Preventive Diets

Coronary Artery Disease and Aspirin

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Management

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Treatments

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

Cardiovascular Benefits of Blueberries

Heart Rate Abnormalities

Cardiology Procedures

Drug-Eluting Stent Design

Cardiogenic Shock Treatment

What is Coronary Artery Disease?

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COPD and Sleep Apnea

Drug-Eluting Stent Indications

How the Heart Pumps Blood

Photoplethysmography (PPG) for Heart Disease

What is Heart Rate?

Obesity in Adults

Why is Visceral Fat Dangerous?

Heart Failure Diagnosis

Heart Attack Diagnosis

Hypercholesterolemia and Hypocholesterolemia

Coronary Artery Disease Angina

Hypertension Risk Factors

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symptoms and Causes

Hidden Signs of Heart Problems

Heart Failure Causes

Carotid Artery Stenosis Treatment

Hypertension Diagnosis

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention

Prognosis for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Heart Rate Reserve

Myocardial T1 and T2 Mapping

What is Cardiogenic Shock?

Drug-Eluting Stent Risks

Drug-Eluting Stent Alternatives

High Blood Pressure Hypertension

Diagnostic Tests for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Heart Attack Questions

Link between Bisphenol A and Increase in Blood Pressure

Cardiogenic Shock Symptoms

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treatments

LDL Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptoms

Target Heart Rate

Cardiovascular Drugs

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Causes

What is Heartburn (Acid Reflux)?

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Screening

Coronary Artery Disease and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Heart Failure Pathophysiology

High Blood Pressure in Children

Heart Failure Prognosis

Heart attack and cardiac arrest difference

Coronary Artery Disease Pathophysiology

What is Carotid Artery Stenosis?

Causes and Symptoms of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

Causes of Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Heart Attack Treatment

What is Obesity?

What is a Heart Attack?

Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD)

Cardiogenic Shock Diagnosis

Obesity and Blood Pressure

Cardiac Pharmaceutical Agents

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Process

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis

Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis

Surviving Heart Attack

Hypertension Treatment

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Heart Failure Classification

Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Cholesterol Physiology

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment

Cardiovascular Disease Research

What is high cholesterol?

Lowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

What Causes A Heart Attack?

Heart Failure Management

Heart Failure Symptoms

What is Cardiology?

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Treatment

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Percutaneous Closure Procedure

Carotid Artery Stenosis Diagnosis

High Cholesterol and Stroke Risk

Structure and Function of the Heart

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Triggers

Diagnosis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Coronary Artery Disease Characteristics

What are Drug-Eluting Stents?

Dieting for Obese Children

How is Acid Reflux Diagnosed?

Heart Failure Terminology

What is Cardiovascular Disease?

Hypertension Symptoms and Effects

Heart Disease Biomarkers and Screening Tests

History of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

What is Cholesterol?

Heart Attack Symptoms

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology

Heartburn (Acid Reflux) Prevention

Cardiothoracic Imaging Techniques

Foods that Reduce Heartburn (Acid Reflux)

Heart Failure

Latest Heart Disease News and Research

New research initiative aims to predict and prevent diseases before they start

What if doctors could tell you a disease was coming years before you felt a single symptom-and stop it in its tracks? That is the goal of a sweeping new research initiative launched by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in collaboration with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF).

2 Mar 2026

Poor oral health in childhood linked to higher incidence of cardiovascular disease in adulthood

A tooth cavity and bleeding gums is a common scenario among Danish children – and one that researchers now connect to health problems long after the last baby tooth has left the mouth.

2 Mar 2026

Remote ischemic conditioning shields the heart from chemotherapy damage

Advances in cancer treatment mean that more people than ever are surviving the disease. However, some of the most effective anticancer drugs-a class of medicines called anthracyclines-can cause serious damage to the heart.

2 Mar 2026

Unprescribed Adderall causes significant cardiovascular effects in young adults

A Mayo Clinic study found that a single 25 mg dose of a combination of amphetamine-dextroamphetamine salts (Adderall) can have measurable cardiovascular effects in healthy young adults.

2 Mar 2026

Medicaid is paying for more dental care. GOP cuts threaten to reverse the trend.

Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for about 600,000 low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid.

2 Mar 2026

Common cardio drugs proven safe in myeloma patients

Commonly prescribed cardiovascular medications—such as statins, diuretics, and blood pressure drugs—appear to have little or no negative impact on survival among people living with multiple myeloma, according to new international research.

1 Mar 2026

Higher tyrosine levels linked to shorter lifespan in major UK Biobank analysis

Researchers analyzed over 272,000 UK Biobank participants and used Mendelian randomization to investigate whether circulating phenylalanine and tyrosine influence lifespan. Genetically predicted higher tyrosine levels were linked to shorter lifespan, particularly in men, while phenylalanine showed no independent effect after adjustment.

1 Mar 2026

Mendelian randomization study reveals opposing roles for IL6 and IL6R in long-term mortality

A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on February 6, 2026, titled "Causal effects of inflammation on long-term mortality: a Mendelian randomization study."

27 Feb 2026

New pathway found connecting liver congestion to fibrosis and cancer

Researchers from The University of Osaka find that chronic liver congestion is linked to severe liver diseases through a specific signaling pathway in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells - key cells lining the liver's tiny blood vessels.

27 Feb 2026

Building an affordable toolkit for healthy aging

As people age, they experience a gradual decline in intrinsic capacity (IC), the combined physical and mental abilities that support independence and health. The World Health Organization recognizes IC as a central indicator of resilience in aging, yet no affordable, validated tool exists to measure it.

27 Feb 2026

How physical strength and self-belief grow together in teens

Physical fitness and psychological resilience develop side by side during adolescence, a life stage that lays the foundation for adult health. Cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, and agility are well-known predictors of cardiometabolic health, while self-efficacy, defined as the belief in one's ability to overcome challenges, shapes motivation, persistence, and coping strategies.

26 Feb 2026

New review explains how circular RNAs could unlock fat browning therapies

A Cell Death & Disease review synthesizes preclinical evidence that circular RNAs regulate adipose browning and metabolic pathways through microRNA interactions, protein binding, and organelle-linked stress mechanisms. It highlights their biomarker and therapeutic potential in obesity and type 2 diabetes while underscoring key translational challenges, including delivery specificity and human validation.

26 Feb 2026

Heavy alcohol intake is associated with dangerous belly fat accumulation, large UK study shows

In a large UK population cohort, higher weekly alcohol consumption was dose-dependently associated with greater visceral fat mass measured by DXA, independent of total body fat. Heavy drinkers showed over 10% higher proportional visceral fat compared with lower consumption groups, a pattern linked to increased cardiometabolic risk.

26 Feb 2026

Textile-based system advances real-world cardiovascular monitoring

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading global cause of mortality, claiming nearly 18 million lives each year.

26 Feb 2026

Neem compound gedunin shows promise against pancreatic cancer

Ramadevi Subramani Reddy, Ph.D., remembers the neem tree from her childhood in India - a plant her grandmother used to treat everything from fevers to infections.

26 Feb 2026

New method clarifies whether NOTCH1 variants cause congenital heart defects

One to two out of every 100 newborn babies are born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), yet the exact cause remains unclear.

26 Feb 2026

Polytherapy improves blood pressure control and survival in metastatic breast cancer

Women with metastatic breast cancer often face multiple chronic conditions, and high blood pressure is among the most common. Nearly half of women in this study population had hypertension at diagnosis, with even higher rates among Black and Hispanic patients.

26 Feb 2026