Although conventional wisdom has it that when a heart attack strikes, it delivers an immediate, crushing pain to the chest – warning signs actually ...

If you’ve just been promoted at work, it’s not just your bank balance that will look healthier – your heart could benefit too. According to r...

Calcium supplements, taken by millions of elderly people and post-menopausal women to prevent bone thinning, may double the risk of having a heart att...

What do Jack Nicholson in Something’s Gotta Give, Desperate Housewives' Bree Vanderkamp’s cheating husband Rex, and Mad Men’s advertising boss R...

Damaged hearts can be repaired using genetic "master switches" that convert scar tissue into muscle, research has shown. The technique, demonstrate...

The infamous restaurant that makes people wear hospital gowns when they order their ‘bypass burger’ got their ‘flatliner fries’ in a twist whe...

The popular belief that gum disease can lead to heart attacks and strokes is a myth, experts said today. Scientists writing in a respected US journ...

Looking on the bright side of life not only boosts your mood – it could also help you live longer, claims a recent study. The study, conducted b...

Women who eat a high-fibre diet increase their protection against cardiovascular disease, a recent study has claimed. Swedish scientists from Lund ...

A new eye scan could shed light on future cases of heart disease. More than 1,000 at-risk patients will join a study by the University of Edinburgh...

People who love a spicy curry could be eating their way to a healthy heart, researchers have discovered. Scientists from the Chinese University of...

Men who have survived a heart attack and drink alcohol regularly have a lower risk of death from heart disease than those who rarely drink, a study ha...

Brushing your teeth twice a day not only keeps your smile looking bright, it also staves off heart disease, according to a new study. Researchers f...

A new blood test may in future help doctors identify patients at risk of a heart attack, scientists have said. Research has revealed unusual cells ...

Aspirin has a proven ability to prevent cancer which should be factored into new patient guidelines, according to the British lead author of a major n...

Arthritis drugs could provide a new approach to treating heart disease by targeting inflammation, research suggests. Two new genetic studies have f...

A can of fizzy drink increases the risk of heart disease by nearly a quarter– and it’s men who are most at risk, scientists have warned. Accord...

A decade ago, scientists in America discovered that a few cells in your heart, about 1 in 1,000, could divide. If we fast-forward to the present day then we're edging closer to the holy grail of mending broken hearts.

Scientists may have found a way to mend a ‘broken’ heart using cardiac stem cells from the heart itself, which regenerate the damaged muscles in h...

Seven in 10 Brits are putting themselves at risk of strokes and premature heart attacks because their blood pressure is too high, a recent study has r...

New heart statistics published this week are a welcome reminder of how far we've come in the past decade. Between 2002 and 2010, the proportion of people in the UK who die from a heart attack each year has more than halved.

Remember the advice to take aspirin even if you don't need it - because it can reduce the chances of heart attack and stroke?