Most people think of heart disease as something that only happens in old age. That’s not always the case. But younger people may not recognize symptoms of…

Paramedic Scott Widener crouches in the back of an outfitted ambulance.“I am six foot and I’m duckin',” he says, laughing.It’s first thing in the morning…

Doctor Emily Meier usually practices hematology at the Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center in Indianapolis. But four times a year Meier and her team…

Many women and even doctors underestimate a woman's heart attack risk, research shows, as they focus on weight and breast health instead. Tiny damaged arteries in the heart may not show up in scans.

Lower Is Better: Results of A Blood Pressure Study Could Save Lives Findings were so strong that researchers ended the study a year early, as The…

Even when women suspected they were having a heart attack, they didn't report it because they feared being called hypochondriacs, a study finds. That may contribute to women's higher death rates.

Though heart disease is the number-one killer of both men and women in the U.S., women are often not aware of their risk. One reason for this may be that…

Noncommunicable diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease are now the biggest killers on Earth. They account for 68 percent of deaths — and have an even greater impact in the developing world.

If you’re already wavering on your resolution to shed those fifteen pounds, cut down on your drinking, or eat more kale, here’s another reason to stick…

Using an ultrasensitive blood test to detect the presence of a protein that heralds heart muscle injury, researchers from Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have…