Deaths from heart failure increased 146% over the same time period, while death due to persistent high blood pressure rose by 106%. Changes in cardiovascular risk factors are contributing to the ...

Deaths from arrhythmias — when the heart beats too fast, too slow or irregularly — increased the most, with the age-adjusted death rate soaring 450%. Heart failure deaths, caused by the heart ...

Heart attack symptoms in women are often overlooked or dismissed as anxiety or another health issue. Here’s what they felt like for one 34-year-old.

It would be profoundly disruptive,” he says. “The same is true of a heart arrhythmia.” Heart arrhythmias are common; up to 5% of the general population has some form of the condition.

M ost people are familiar with the best things to eat for a healthy heart: vegetables, low-fat dairy, and lean proteins like fish. Some fish like salmon also have the added benefit of being full ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a heart surgeon reveals the common oral hygiene product that may be hurting your cardiovascular health and what to use instead.

Changes in cardiovascular risk factors are contributing to the rise in certain types of heart disease, the study said. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, poor food choices and physical ...