For primary prevention patients at high risk, such as those with a 10-year risk > 10%, the LDL target is less than 70 mg/dL (class 2a recommendation). For this group, treatment begins with a ...

For years, living a health-conscious lifestyle meant meal prepping on Sundays, logging miles on a fitness tracker, and ...

Gulf Coast State College’s Training Center has been recognized by the American Heart Association as a 2025 All-Star Training Center.

When someone experiences a heart attack, the emergency protocol is universal for all genders — first responders are supposed to place the patient on their back and their hands in the center of the ...

The ACC and AHA released updated guidelines for the management of dyslipidemia to reduce risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

A 2024 study by the American Heart Association Journal, surveying 112 participants who received CPR instruction on both male and female manikins, concluded that the training incre ...

Lipid-lowering therapy can be considered with a 10-year PREVENT-ASCVD risk estimate of 3% to <5% (borderline) and should be considered for those at 5% to <10% (intermediate) 10-year risk. For ...

In an emergency, being able to perform CPR could save a life or at least extend a life long enough for medical personnel to ...

Heart health experts released new guidance to help identify early risk factors for heart disease that go beyond tracking ...

Healthy lifestyle habits, earlier treatment to lower long-term exposure to plaque-causing lipids, new cholesterol target goals, selective use of coronary calcium scoring, lipoprotein(a) and ...

The first multisociety guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism feature a new classification ...