To understand bradycardia (low heart rate), you first need to know what a normal heart rate is—for an adult at…
In 2015, the mother of former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie died less than an hour after her husband of 56…
While the Internet has put valuable information at our fingertips, it has also exposed us to alternative facts and pseudoscience…
You have no symptoms that indicate anything is wrong with your heart—yet you still might have silent coronary artery disease…
Chronic inflammation has gotten a lot of press in recent years, as researchers establish associations between it and numerous health…
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a devastating disease afflicting more than a million Americans. It occurs when the body is betrayed…
Most people have never heard the word “endocarditis”…and they certainly don’t know what it is…how easy it is to get…
If you’ve been diagnosed with hypertension, experts recommend that you get a home blood pressure monitor and keep track of…
Modern medicine does a wonderful job treating acute conditions. If you break a bone or catch an infectious disease, you’re…
Hearing that your heart is enlarged can be terrifying…but it doesn’t have to be. Many people with enlarged hearts can…
Lipoprotein (a) [Lp (a)] is a blood lipid disorder that affects one out of four people. Some affected people have…
Changing the foods that you ear can impact your cholesterol levels for better or worse. A diet high in red…
Using the wrong device to check your blood pressure at home could produce inaccurate readings that leave you over- or…
When they came on the market, statins were a “miracle medicine” that could prevent heart attacks and strokes, statins can have side effects.
Each year, more than two million people around the world undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery or another form of…
