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Heart Attack, Stroke Almost Always Foreshadowed, Study Says

Nearly everyone who suffers a heart attack, stroke or heart failure had at least one warning sign that cropped up years before, a new study says.

More than 99% of patients had one or more risk factors prior to their heart emergency, including high blood pressure, elevated ch...

Heart Disease Remains Top Killer Worldwide

Heart disease remains the world’s top killer, causing 1 in every 3 deaths around the globe, a new study says.

Worldwide, the number of heart-related deaths has risen sharply, climbing to 19.2 million in 2023 from 13.1 million in 1990, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Can Mammograms Assess Women's Heart Health?

Regular mammograms might offer a “two-for-one” opportunity to protect women’s health, a new study says.

Mammograms can be used to successfully predict heart disease risk in women, on top of their ability to detect early breast cancers, researchers reported Sept. 16 in the journa...

Study Casts Doubt on Use of Beta Blockers Post-Heart Attack, Especially for Women

A drug commonly prescribed to heart attack survivors may not benefit many of them, a new clinical trial has found.

Beta-blockers do not appear to reduce the risk of death, a second heart attack or heart failure in people’s whose hearts weren’t damaged ...