High blood pressure causes your heart's walls to thicken, which increases your risk of congestive heart failure (CHF). Coronary artery disease decreases blood flow and can weaken your heart over time.

Heart attack deaths have plummeted in the last five decades, but deaths from all other heart disease issues have spiked, a new study shows. Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — The blood impacts the heart and brain in vital ways. That’s why high blood pressure is something to monitor. High ...

Elizabeth Cooney became STAT’s cardiovascular reporter in April with one fundamental question in mind: Why do we have so much cardiovascular and metabolic disease, and how can we do better? Elizabeth ...

Autopsy study shifts attention to other causes, highlights deficiencies in risk screening ...

Heart disease is still the top cause of death in the US, but the types of heart disease killing people are changing, a new analysis has found. While deaths from acute conditions such as heart attacks ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, fueled by ongoing increases in hypertension, obesity, and other major risk factors, according to the American Heart Association’s ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. However, overall heart disease death rates over the past five decades dropped by 66% in American adults age 25 and older, according to a ...

Gene Hackman’s primary cause of death was due to hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease — but what does the condition entail? Hypertensive Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease is a ...

(NewsNation) — The blood impacts the heart and brain in vital ways. That’s why high blood pressure is something to monitor. High blood pressure is a common precursor to other health problems, like ...