Rye bread and sourdough can both be healthy additions to your diet, particularly when you choose whole-grain or whole-wheat ...

Your blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, resting heart rate and other numbers can provide clues to your heart health. Here's ...

Highlights: October is Menopause Awareness Month, and an estimated 6,000 women in the U.S. enter menopause every day. The ...

Donor organs are exceedingly scarce, so much so that one in five people on the waiting list for a heart transplant in the U.S ...

For decades physicians have advised their patients that exercises like jogging, walking, cycling and swimming will improve ...

Fueled by ongoing increases in high blood pressure, obesity and other major risk factors, heart disease continues to kill more people in the U.S. than any other cause, according to the American Heart ...

When we say that someone is big-hearted, it’s generally a compliment meant to praise their kindness or concern for others. But in medical circles, saying someone is big-hearted could have an entirely ...

A new Maryland law requires mammography centers to notify patients if their scans show breast arterial calcification (BAC). Other states may follow suit.

Your heart has its own nervous system, a whole network of neurons. New research is shedding light on how it works.

Heart-healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins, can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Incorporating omega-3 fatty acids from fish and nuts ...

In adults, a typical resting heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute, but structural or electrical disorders of the heart can cause it to rise or fall. Medications, a lack of sleep, and stress may ...

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...