Research shows that heart attacks are becoming more prevalent among adults younger than 50—and the outcomes are worse for ...

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 ...

Preventing heart disease relies on healthy habits, medication, and knowing cholesterol and blood pressure numbers. One scan in particular reveals arterial plaque and personalizes heart disease risk ...

Cardiologist Dr Evan Levine shares 10 practical tips to reduce the risk of heart attacks before 60. From quitting smoking and ...

Heart attacks have been the leading cause of death in the United States for more than a century. They occur when blood flow ...

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 ...

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 ...