Your heart is one of the most important organs in your body. It works non-stop, day and night, pumping blood to every part of ...

The number of heart attack deaths has plummeted in the U.S. over the course of the last half-century. Doctors have tied the remarkable shift to improved detection and more effective treatment for ...

February is American Heart Month. In the United States, a baby is born with a congenital heart defect (CHD) every 15 minutes. Affecting nearly 1 in 100 babies, CHDs include a wide range of structural ...

Many women dismiss chest burning, indigestion, or anxiety as acidity or stress, but these can signal heart disease.

Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, looks at the signs of heart disease you can see. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that errors are possible): ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, but doctors say many people don't recognize the early warning signs until a major event happens.

BLOOM (TAMPA) – Are you overlooking early signs of heart disease because they don’t look “typical”? You’re not alone—and that blind spot may be putting your health at risk. For decades, cardiology ...

Although you may not think of children when you imagine someone with heart problems, congenital heart defects are actually the most common birth defect in the U.S., occurring in about 1% of births.