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Modern-day imaging techniques have allowed scientists to find evidence of hardening of the arteries in mummies up to 3,500 years old, a finding that disputes the commonly held notion that heart disease is only a problem of today's society.

Student athletes should be given both an EKG and an ECHO to screen for heart defects that could lead to sudden cardiac death, a new study has found.

Swedish researchers have found that a new clot-busting drug called Pradaxa may be more safe and more effective than the commonly used drug warfarin at preventing clots and strokes in people who suffer from atrial fibrillation.

Results from a new study suggest that people can get more heart-health benefits from the omega-3 fatty acids in fish if it is baked or boiled fish instead of fried, dried, or salted.

High doses of the angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) losartan can reduce hospital admissions and death in people who suffer from heart failure, new research suggests.

British scientists have found that when one member of a married couple suffers a stroke, it can take a major toll on the couple's relationship.

U.S. health officials are warning people who take the blood thinner Plavix (clopidogrel)that combining the drug with heartburn meds such as Prilosac, Prevacid, or Protonix may reduce the blood thinner's effectiveness by half.

According to new research, diuretics are still the best first-line treatment for controlling high blood pressure in older men and women.

Genetic testing of victims of sudden cardiac death can benefit the surviving relatives by helping to identify their risk of also suffering deadly heart rhythms, a new study suggests.

Heart attack sufferers undergo a battery of tests that exposes them to an amount of radiation that's equivalent to 725 chest X-rays.

Ill effects of vitamin D deficiency in men are amplified by lower levels of estrogen, but not by testosterone. Vitamin D is essential to good health, and can be obtained from fortified foods such as milk and cereals, and by exposure to sunlight. Previous studies showed that deficiencies in vitamin D and low levels of estrogen were independent risk factors for hardened and narrowed arteries and weakened bones.

An analysis by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has found that monthly premiums will rise an average 11 percent, though the premium changes vary widely by which plan seniors select.

Drugmakers say the current FDA guidelines requiring both benefits and risks of drugs on ads hampers advertising on the Internet given the space constraints for ads on Web pages.

Results from a new analysis of major clinical trial data suggest that the popular clot-busting drug Plavix (clopidogrel) is nearly equally effective in both men and women.

Researchers have found that infections of common pathogens such as Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 may speed up the development of arterial disease.

According to new research, chronically ill patients who give up hope that they will get better are actually happier than people who have not accepted their condition.

One in four heart failure patients return to the hospital within one month of being discharged, a new study has found, and doctors say this is an unacceptably high rate.

Around the world, there are more than 1,500 gene therapy trials going on to treat everything from Parkinson's to blindness to clogged arteries. Could the key to healing be in the body's building blocks?

Swedish researchers have found that having an inept or abrasive supervisor both increases workers' chance of having a heart attack and makes them more likely to take sick leave.

Researchers say obesity is a major risk factor for left atrial enlargement (LAE)--a heart structure problem that increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, stroke, and death.