Every year, more than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of a hospital in the United States[1]. Survival often depends on how quickly people nearby recognize the emergency, call 911, begin CPR and ...

A four-year blood pressure intervention program in rural China significantly reduced systolic blood pressure by an average of 22 mmHg and risk of all-cause dementia by 15% in people with high blood ...

Physical activity, an essential component of any weight loss program, also supports overall heart and metabolic health, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics — minuscule bits of plastic — compared to arteries free of ...

A preliminary study combining a patent-applied, AI-powered algorithm with a high-speed, 5-to 30-second video of skin on the face and the palm of the hand detected if someone had high blood pressure as ...

Heart disease and stroke still top the list of leading causes of death in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association’s 2026 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update The overall deaths ...

Lifestyle modification for prevention of high blood pressure and treatment for all levels of high blood pressure, early treatment of high blood pressure to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and ...

Coordinated care among multispecialty team may reduce risk of amputation, heart attack, stroke and death for people with PAD, according to new joint guideline from the American Heart Association, the ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in U.S., according to a new report from the American Heart Association; yet fewer than half of survey respondents knew that “Heart disease has now been ...

Adults with elevated levels of three biomarkers for heart disease—lipoprotein a (also called Lp(a)), remnant cholesterol and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)—had nearly triple the risk of ...

More than 20 years of data show a 37% increase in obesity, 23% in abdominal obesity, and over two-fold increase in severe obesity among both adults and youth, according to authors of a new study ...

In an analysis of more than 7,000 stroke survivors, those who were taking either a GLP1-receptor agonist or an SGLT2 inhibitor medication had a lower risk of a subsequent stroke, heart attack or death ...