Chemicals found in plastics have been linked to a multitude of health risks — and now heart disease deaths has been added to the list. NYU Langone researchers and other doctors discuss the risks.

Acute MI mortality has fallen, yet deaths from other diseases, including heart failure and hypertension, are on the rise.

New data highlight a substantial decline in overall heart disease death rates during the past 50 years, along with a shift in ...

The U.S. heart attack mortality rate has dropped by 89% in the past 50 years, according to data published June 25 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.  At the same time, death rates from ...

Some factors that influence your risk of heart disease, like genetics, aren’t directly under your control. However, one thing you do have the power to change is your nutrition.

Death rates from high blood pressure, arrhythmias and heart failure have risen sharply since 1970, new research shows.

Conditions such as heart disease, stroke, and respiratory infections account for the majority of deaths each year around the world. Some preventive measures may help lower your risk. When people ...