Heart disease is one of the leading causes of illness and death around the world, but many heart problems can be prevented or treated if they are found early. Regular heart health check-ups help ...

Heart health is an essential part of your overall health and well-being. Your primary care provider will monitor your blood pressure and lab work during an annual physical exam or more frequently. If ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - February is American Heart Month and consumers will be bombarded with advice to keep their ticker healthy -- whether it's from the American Heart Association's Go Red For ...

A recent study has found that a blood test, called the apolipoprotein B (apoB) test, may be better at identifying people who ...

If there are heart problems among people in your family (say your cousin was diagnosed with heart failure at 25 or your grandpa passed unexpectedly from a heart attack), it can be worrying to think ...

A new study reveals that non-lab tests are just as reliable for diagnosing risk of heart attack.Khalil Sensoi / AP Here’s a quick quiz: what’s the world’s No. 1 killer? It’s not AIDS, TB or malaria.

Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of mortality, comprising 32% of all deaths. But that doesn’t mean people are powerless against the condition — there are some steps they can take to help ...

A new study can help guide proper treatment course for patients depending on heart function and severity of heart damage. Patients identified by nuclear stress testing as having severe stress-induced ...

UC Berkeley researchers trained AI to detect hidden warning signs of sudden cardiac death in routine ECG tests, according to a new study published in Nature.