For decades, surviving a heart attack has come with a lifelong prescription: Stay on medications called beta-blockers to help protect your heart. But doctors are taking a closer look at whether ...

Share on Pinterest Beta-blockers may not be necessary for all people after a heart attack, according to new research. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Having a heart attack can raise a person’s ...

Every year, more than 200,000 people in Germany suffer a heart attack. This is caused by blocked coronary arteries. As a result, part of the heart muscle is no longer supplied with sufficient blood ...

Sleeping doesn’t count as cardio, but it is good for your heart. And the time you conk out each night could be the difference between a high risk and a low risk of heart attack or stroke. Finnish ...

A powerful cholesterol-lowering drug may be changing the rules of heart disease prevention. Researchers found that evolocumab, typically used for people who already have cardiovascular disease, can ...

NEW YORK, March 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- When Ashley Perlow felt a sharp pain shoot across her chest and into both wrists, she didn't think it could be a heart attack. She was 36, a new mom, and ...

Tray Baggarly survived a massive heart attack and required a co-worker, EMS crew and hospital to shock his heart a combined 18 times to keep him alive. A co-worker who is a retired firefighter used an ...

A new study examined the association between sleep habits and heart disease. After getting 7 days of sleep data from the participants, the researchers used the following 10 years of health data to ...

A routine blood test taken by millions in the U.S. each year to measure "bad" cholesterol is not the best measure to guide treatment and prevent heart attacks and strokes, suggests a new Northwestern ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of fatality across the world. However, overall heart disease death rates over the past 50 years have dropped by more than 60 per cent in adults, according to a new ...

Sometimes, the things that stick to you about a person are the things that have been reported in the press. And often, those are big things, either good or bad. For Lamar Odom, much of what we know ...