A study has revealed that there's one straightforward activity you can incorporate into your day which will reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack. According to the Croí, an Irish charity whose ...

Every August, primary care doctors stock their clinics with influenza vaccines and start reminding patients to get their annual shot. We usually tell patients, “The flu vaccine can reduce your risk of ...

There’s an easy way to see your chances of having a heart attack, years—even decades—before it happens. Think of it like a medical version of a long-range weather forecast. It’s all possible with a ...

A routine blood test taken by millions in the U.S. each year to measure "bad" cholesterol is not the best measure to guide treatment and prevent heart attacks and strokes, suggests a new Northwestern ...

Australia’s leading heart experts are recommending weight loss drugs be used to help reduce heart attacks and strokes, adding pressure on the federal government to subsidise the medications so more ...

A zero Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) score is often considered a reassuring sign of heart health, but experts caution that it ...

Novartis, Amgen and Eli Lilly are among the pharmaceutical companies developing drugs to lower levels of a particularly bad form of cholesterol called Lp(a) and potentially prevent heart attacks. Lp(a ...

Doctors have been drilled for decades on the four big risks for heart disease, which kills more Americans every year than any other illness. The fearsome foursome: hypertension, smoking, high levels ...

A heart attack is far from being an isolated, acute event. The consequences of an attack can cause serious and lasting damage ...