Daily ingestion of low dose aspirin has been thought to be beneficial for a long time. The question now, as asked by a U.K. report published in Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, is if the risks outweigh the benefits.

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.

Former professional football players with large bodies don't appear to have the same risk factors for heart disease as their non-athletic counterparts, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found in studying a group of National Football League (NFL) alumni.

Vitamin D plays a vital role in reducing the risk of heart disease and death associated with older age.

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.

Only 7.5 percent of Americans are now in the clear when it comes to heart disease risk factors according to a new study.

A team of researchers led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) radiologists has developed a computed-tomography-based protocol that identifies both narrowing of coronary arteries and areas of myocardial ischemia – restricted blood flow to heart muscle tissue – giving a better indication of clinically significant coronary artery disease. Their report appears in the September 15 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Pat Robertson, 79, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), is recovering after 10 hours of heart surgery. Robertson was treated Aug. 19tb at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital for atrial fibrillation, and was released last Thursday,

Although open-heart surgery is a frequent treatment for heart disease, it remains extremely dangerous. Now groundbreaking research from Dr. Britta Hardy of Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine has shown the potential for an injected protein to regrow blood vessels in the human heart — eliminating the need for risky surgery altogether.

A new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding the harmful buildup of plaque in blood vessels, a stepping stone to the number one cause of death in the world.