Medication selection for heart disease involves careful consideration of individual factors including age, concurrent health conditions, potential drug interactions, and specific cardiovascular ...

A quiet revolution in care is helping patients with cardiac amyloidosis, a form of heart failure that long stumped doctors.

Many doctors treating heart disease tend to prescribe drugs known as statins like Lipitor, but some physicians in Canada are trying a new method: a vegan diet. Heart disease is the second leading ...

Early symptoms like fatigue, breathlessness, swelling mimic common heart issues, causing cardiac amyloidosis to go undetected ...

Other medications that can make you more sensitive to the heat include antipsychotics, beta blockers for treating high blood pressure and heart disease, medications for Parkinson’s disease and some ...

This discovery is very important because current treatments for heart disease, like statins, don’t affect suPAR levels. Scientists are now looking for ways to lower suPAR. If they succeed, they could ...

A common heart disease medication, beta blockers, may help treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a debilitating lung disease. PAH is a progressive disease caused by high blood pressure in ...

Medications are often available to manage some of the physiological effects of heart disease that influence sexual health. Talking with your partner and making other adjustments can also ...

In America, heart disease is the No. 1 killer of men and women and the leading cause of death for people of most racial and ethnic groups.