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Study finds that Americancs have experienced a decline in their blood levels of trans fat, which could mean a decreased risk of heart disease.

Older adults who had the highest blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids, most commonly found in fish, were 30 percent less likely to later develop an irregular heartbeat than peers with the lowest blood levels of omega-3s, according to a U.S. study.

Study finds that blood pressure check in both arms could improve patient care and catch early signs of peripheral artery disease.

Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you're healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life.

Mexican medics are drawing catcalls after they dropped a heart being rushed to a hospital for a transplant.

Mexican medics are drawing catcalls after they dropped a heart being rushed to a hospital for a transplant.

Study finds that 84 percent of patients with psoriasis had coronary artery disease  compared to 75 percent of patients without the skin condition.

Americans who have had a severe heart attack are far more likely to be readmitted to the hospital than heart patients from 16 other countries, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

Heavy D died of deep leg vein thrombosis, exacerbated by his weight, a pre-existing heart condition and a Transatlantic flight, said the Los Angeles County Coroner. Blood clots, caused by long periods of sitting, have been linked to air travels for decades. Find out what you can do to prevent them.

India's largest maker of generic drugs won approval Wednesday to sell a generic version of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor. The world's top-selling drug ever lost U.S. patent protection earlier in the day.

A woman's risk of having a heart attack may begin to rise even before she is born, a new study suggests, and the findings may help researchers better understand the nature of heart disease in women.

Thanks to the medical detectives at the nation’s first mystery disease clinic, Louise Benge now knows why her legs feel like they’ve turned to stone. 

New research shows that higher than normal levels of vitamin D can cause the heart to beat too fast and out of rhythm, a condition called atrial fibrillation.

Doctors say a woman's heart breaks more easily than a man's.

Your blood type might affect your risk for stroke. People with AB and women with B were a little more likely to suffer one than people with O blood — the most common type, a study found.

Just over a decade ago, hospitals around the country began spending millions of dollars to buy automated defibrillators to save the lives of more patients who go into sudden cardiac arrest. But today the costly equipment switchover increasingly seems to have been a mistake.

According to data compiled by researchers in Taiwan, people who had their teeth professionally scraped and cleaned had a 24 percent lower risk of heart attack and 13 percent lower risk of stroke compared to those who never had a dental cleaning.

People recovering from a heart attack or severe chest pain are much less likely to suffer another heart-related problem or to die from one if they take a new blood-thinning drug, Xarelto, along with standard anti-clotting medicines, a large study finds.

Women who were repeatedly sexually abused as girls have a 62 percent higher risk of heart problems later in life compared with women who were not abused, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.