Nearly half of people who go on to have a heart attack are classified as low-risk by current calculators, revealing a ...

New research unveiled at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions highlights emerging strategies to prevent heart ...

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 ...

A low dose of colchicine — a commonly used gout drug — helped reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with ...

A new study suggests that widely used risk calculators may overlook many people who are only days away from a heart attack.

Stroke and heart attack are life-threatening conditions that require emergency medical attention, but they differ in the affected organ and symptoms.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Over 80 percent of heart attacks could have been prevented with early detection of heart disease, yet most people are never tested for it. Victoria Dupuy, founder and CEO of No ...

Heart attack-related deaths are down by nearly 90% since 1970, according to a new study. However, other heart disease-related deaths are on the rise. We asked experts to explain the findings and how ...

Statins have transformed heart health, saving millions of lives by lowering cholesterol and reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. But for many patients, these drugs come with a troubling ...

Current cardiac screening tools used to prevent heart attacks fail to identify nearly half of the people who are actually at ...