Hearts attacks among middle-aged American women have increased over the past two decades. Their chance of survival has improved.

Medical researchers report that it may be possible to delay or prevent heart failure in humans.

Confusion and an overcrowded hospital seemed to play a part in the fatal heart attack suffered by a man from Mooloolah Valley, Australia. An investigation is underway to find out why a Queensland ambulance carrying a high-level risk heart patient was diverted to a less crowded hospital further away. The man passed away before he reached the second hospital.

A combination of cholesterol and blood pressure medicine can cut the incidence of attacks by up to 60 percent according to a new study.

People suffering from the flu may be at higher risk for having a heart attack a new study reports.

Middle-aged men with risk factors for heart disease such as smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are taking 10 to 15 years off their lives.

When it comes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) you're better off doing less mouth-to-mouth and more chest compressions, according to a new study.

A harmless shard from the shell of a common childhood virus may halt a biological process that kills a significant percentage of battlefield casualties, heart attack victims and oxygen-deprived newborns, according to research presented Sunday, September 6, 2009, at the 12th European meeting on complement in human disease in Budapest, Hungary.

People who drink lots of coffee but who don't follow a Mediterranean-style diet are more likely to have heart problems.

The wider use of reperfusion therapy in patients with heart attack (AMI) can save millions of lives in Europe. Effective reperfusion therapy in an AMI patient can cut the individual risk of dying by half. AMI is caused by a sudden blockage of a coronary artery, one of the vessels supplying the heart muscle with oxygen and nutrients. Effective reperfusion therapy provides a timely and sustainable reopening of the blockage.

People who use smokeless tobacco products like snus have a slightly higher risk of having a fatal heart attack or stroke, according to research published on bmj.com today.

Eating chocolate can reduce a heart attack survivors' risk of dying accoprding to a just-published study.