A new study finds that recent guidelines outlined by the American Heart Association (AHA) for treatments used by emergency and critical care medical practitioners on cardiac arrest patients has lead to substantial improvements in survival rates.

Adding noninvasive imaging to current risk-assessment protocols may identify more people who are at risk of developing heart disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.

A new analysis of a subgroup of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) hormone therapy clinical trials suggests that healthy, postmenopausal women whose blood cholesterol levels are normal or lower are not at increased, short-term risk for heart attack when taking hormone therapy.

Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke have taken over from infectious diseases, including diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, as the leading causes of death around the globe, a new UN report says.

Canadian, French and British researchers have identified a DNA sequence that controls the variability of blood glucose levels in people. This is a potentially significant discovery because high blood glucose levels in otherwise healthy people often are indications of heart disease and higher mortality rates. The results will be published May 1 in the online version of the journal Science.

Researchers have mapped out a region on human chromosome 1 that contributes to genetically elevated blood triglyceride levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.

For the first time researchers are beginning to understand exactly how various forms of exercise impact the heart. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators, in collaboration with the Harvard University Health Services, have found that 90 days of vigorous athletic training produces significant changes in cardiac structure and function and that the type of change varies with the type of exercise performed.

University of Florida researchers have identified a gene variation in heart disease patients who appear especially vulnerable to the physical effects of mental stress — to the point where blood flow to the heart is greatly reduced.

The amount of oxygen available to a baby in the womb can affect their susceptibility to developing cardiovascular disease later in life.

Tart cherries – frequently sold dried, frozen or in juice – may have more than just good taste and bright red color going for them, according to new animal research from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center.

Finding innovative ways to prevent, diagnose and treat heart and circulatory disease is the focus of a new Centre of Research Excellence at Imperial College, established today through an 8.9 million GBP award from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Oxford research into heart disease, the UK’s biggest killer, will receive a large cash boost from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), which is establishing a BHF Centre of Research Excellence at Oxford University with £8.4m over six years.