One in 10 heart failure patients had compression fractures in the spine that could have been detected by a chest x-ray, but few are receiving treatment to help prevent such fractures according to a Canadian study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure.

One of the largest studies of its kind has found that people with coronary artery disease who have even a modest beer belly or muffin top are at higher risk for death than people whose fat collects elsewhere. The effect was observed even in patients with a normal body mass index (BMI). The findings of this Mayo Clinic analysis are published in the 10 May issue of the Journal of the ...

Women are at higher risk than men of developing kidney damage after undergoing a coronary angiogram, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

When a high school athlete drops dead, the rare but fatal condition called "sudden death syndrome" dominates the headlines.

A CHOICE review of leading diet and weight loss pills has found many are not rigorously tested. Most pills contain active ingredients that have no proven effectiveness, with the possibility that some could be harmful to health.

In a world-first study University of Sydney researchers have found six-year-olds who spent the most time watching television had narrower arteries in the back of their eyes, increasing their chances of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes in later life.

A new Henry Ford Hospital study takes a closer look at one of the lesser known, but potential most serious side effects of ACE inhibitor use – facial, tongue and airway swelling – and identifies a successful and less invasive course of treatment.

A new study found that coronary artery bypass surgery added to medical therapy for selected chronic heart failure patients offered benefits over medical therapy alone. The combination of the two treatment approaches reduced the combined rate of deaths and heart-related hospital stays by 15 per cent, although the total number of deaths between the two groups of patients was not significantly ...

Cardiac experts who fix arrhythmias, which are electrical problems of the heart, must perform complex catheter procedures while the heart is still beating in order to pinpoint where an electrical malfunction is taking place.  Now, electrophysiologists at Rush University Medical Center are using a new robotic system that allows them to treat abnormal heart rhythms with greater ...

Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease, and if severe, has been demonstrated to be a risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, the degree to which psoriasis is associated with major adverse cardiac events (MACE), such as heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular death has not been defined. Now, new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of ...