Experts share the overlooked cardiovascular dangers of the holiday season along with ways to enjoy this time safely.

Recent studies show a troubling rise in heart attacks among women under 40, largely stemming from high-stress environments, ...

Exercise is one of the best things we can do for a healthy heart. Yet research shows that endurance athletes have up to a ...

The irregular heartbeats increase the risk of stroke, because they allow blood clots to form in the atrium. The heart faces ...

Menopause has a wide range of symptoms and brings several health risks. Yet people worldwide know little about it and awareness and care services remain inadequate, experts warn.

Biomedical engineering researcher Shijie Zhou brings a computational approach to the quest for better treatments for ...

New research suggests that coffee may be safe for people with irregular heartbeats. Researchers at UCSF tracked 200 adults in the U.S., Canada, and Australia with a history of atrial fibrillation ...

Patients with irregular heartbeats — caused by atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common heart rhythm disorder — have historically been warned to limit or eliminate caffeine. But a new study suggests ...

People with atrial fibrillation (AFib) and obesity may have fewer episodes of AFib after ablation if they take the diabetes medication metformin in addition to standard care, according to a ...