Heart disease is the biggest cause of death around the world. Millions of people die every year from heart attacks, strokes, ...

Your heart is a powerful muscle that works every second of your life. It pumps blood filled with oxygen and nutrients to ...

Arteries are blood vessels that transport oxygenated blood to all organs from the head to the toes. While healthy arteries are smooth and allow easy blood flow, they may become clogged by plaque, ...

New research suggests that the most common type of stroke may have a very different origin than doctors long assumed, ...

If you're worried about clogged arteries, you're in good company: Over 40 percent of adults have some blockage. Though it's a daunting statistic, there's plenty you can do to support healthy, ...

Problems with the heart and blood supply were relatively rare in 1900, and are now the number one killer worldwide. Heart ...

Opening all blocked arteries with stents in patients with a heart attack, known as complete revascularization, reduces the risk of death from cardiovascular causes, death from any cause and future ...

Share on Pinterest More than half of heart attacks in younger females could stem from causes other than artery blockage. Tashdique Mehtaj Ahmed/Getty Images Doctors often assume heart attacks in ...