Heart disease is the leading cause of adult death worldwide, making cardiovascular disease diagnosis and management a global health priority. An echocardiogram, or cardiac ultrasound, is one of the ...

Healthy 67-Year-Old Takes $99 Heart Test, Turns Out He Needs Surgery 2 Days Later ...

If you have a family history of heart issues or you are at risk of heart disease, you can have blood work done starting in ...

The latest cholesterol guidelines include three new screening tests: coronary artery calcium, lipoprotein (a), and apolipoprotein B.

Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Millions of people start their day with a warm cup of coffee to feel ...

A boy who had open-heart surgery at just seven months old is now a regular three-year-old who likes to play tennis and do ...

Alzheimer’s disease is devastating to families and many of those patients also suffer from heart problems. Pioneering MUSC research show the same toxic proteins cause both, with potential for therapy.

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

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high cholesterol, is part of new doctors' guidelines.

Major medical organizations updated the cholesterol playbook for the first time in years, with new risk tools, lower targets and earlier treatment recommendations.

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is one of the most common health problems in the world. It happens when the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries stays too high for ...

Four students were taken to the hospital after a Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico school bus went off the road in Whiteside County ...