Eliminate these triggers from your daily routine. Sept. 8, 2013— -- intro: A bacon cheeseburger fetish topped with a couch potato mentality is a surefire recipe for a heart attack. But those ...

Every Thanksgiving, while millions of Americans gather around tables laden with turkey and pie, emergency rooms brace for an invisible surge: a wave of cardiac emergencies that makes the holiday ...

Share on Pinterest More than half of heart attacks in younger females could stem from causes other than artery blockage. Tashdique Mehtaj Ahmed/Getty Images Doctors often assume heart attacks in ...

When we think of a heart attack, most of us picture someone clutching their chest in severe pain. But here’s the truth that often gets overlooked: for many women, heart attacks don’t look anything ...

A class of drugs called beta-blockers — used for decades as a first-line treatment after a heart attack— doesn’t benefit the vast majority of patients and may contribute to a higher risk of ...

The Eli Lilly drug caused a major drop in the blood levels of Lp(a), but further research is needed to show that it will prevent heart attacks and strokes. By Gina Kolata As many as one in five people ...