October 28, 2015 Surgeon who helped pioneer key CPR technique dies at 87 Dr. James Jude, one of the experts credited with pioneering life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, has died. He was 87.
October 28, 2015 Indoor air purifiers may aid heart patients People with heart conditions may benefit from using indoor air purifiers, suggests a small study from China.
October 27, 2015 Young woman's 'hysteria' turned out to be deadly heart condition A woman in Germany who went to the emergency room because she felt "hysterical" ended up not having a psychiatric disorder as doctors originally suspected. Instead, she had a serious heart condition that could have killed her, according to a new report of her case.
October 27, 2015 Vascular disease may increase symptoms of some autoimmune disorders Hardening arteries are often associated with heart disease and stroke – but new research suggests they may be linked with autoimmune diseases as well.
October 27, 2015 Drugs to increase 'good' cholesterol may not cut deaths Drugs that have been investigated to increase so-called “good” cholesterol may not prevent deaths, heart attacks or strokes as many hoped, according to a new analysis.
October 27, 2015 Gen X and Y: Why you need to watch your cholesterol now Consider it a wake-up call for generations X and Y: You may think you are healthy, but having cholesterol levels that are even slightly high during your 30s may double your risk for heart disease later in life, new research shows.
October 27, 2015 FDA approves Amgen's heart-failure drug Corlanor The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Amgen Inc.’s heart-failure treatment Corlanor, which had been designated for priority review in August.
October 27, 2015 New cholesterol guidelines: How to make sense of them The new guidelines about who should take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have spurred ongoing debate and confusion among both physicians and patients since their release in November
October 27, 2015 Olive oil, nuts may help reverse heart risk factors A Mediterranean diet enhanced with extra nuts or more olive oil improved certain heart risk factors among people who had them - but did not prevent others from developing them - according to a new study from Spain.
October 27, 2015 Medtronic recalls loading system for heart device Medtronic Plc has recalled 6,912 units of loading system of a recently approved heart device after reports of the presence of particulates.