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Diet Pill Dilemma: Bye Belly Flab, Hello Heart Attack

Diet Pills could cause heart attacks More

Article | June 24, 2011

More Evidence Air Pollution May be a Heart Risk

Air Pollution May be a heart risk More

Article | June 23, 2011

The Heart Defibrillator Dilemma

New research indicates that more than 20 percent of all heart defibrillators are surgically implanted in patients who may not be good candidates for the... More

Article | June 20, 2011

Focus on Heart Health

Learn the signs and treatments for heart disease More

Article | February 25, 2011

Joy Behar and Eve Behar Scotti, Tackling Heart Disease

...Behar was a college student when her mother had her first heart attack at 50. "She was so young!" recalls Behar, 68. Her mother survived... More

Article | February 23, 2011

Grief Hurts the Heart

...the weeks after losing a loved one, the bereaved are much more likely to experience rapid heartbeats and other potentially dangerous changes in heart rhythm More

Article | February 15, 2011

Never Have a Heart Attack

Reduce your risk of having a heart attack to almost zero by following these six proven steps. More

Article | February 15, 2011

Heart Repair: Bypass or Angioplasty?

...Oz says that two recent studies prove that when it comes to heart surgery options, it's never one size fits all More

Article | February 10, 2011

Stress on the Job Raises the Risk of Heart Disease in Women

...the strain of working in high-pressure jobs have, overall, a higher risk of heart disease and heart attacks than their less-stressed female colleagues. More

Article | November 30, 2010

Diabetes Drug Found to Increase Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack and Death

Avandia, a controversial but popular diabetes drug, increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure and death, according to a recent study in the... More

Article | October 19, 2010