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The leading cause of death in the western world is heart disease brought on by a lack of blood flow to the cardiac...
As many as one per cent of children are born with congenital heart disease, but in many cases the cause of this...
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an intervention - typically offered to people diagnosed with either heart disease...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), an inherited heart condition affecting one person out of every 500 worldwide,...
While there are certain life elements that can lead to someone becoming predisposed to cardiovascular disease - such...
Heart disease is something that tends to affect people later in life, although that is not always the case. However,...
Pacemakers are a common treatment for heart arrythmias and irregular heartbeats, with between 40,000 and 50,000...
One of the key causes of heart disease is cholesterol - specifically low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)...
Research is increasingly turning against the idea of red meat as the basis for a diet, especially when it comes...
Scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University have been awarded a new grant to study causes of heart and circulatory...
New research will look into whether turning off the c-Rel protein could prevent patients from having heart attacks...
Eating eggs has been linked to increased risk of heart and circulatory disease in a new study carried out in the US.The...
Undiagnosed abnormal heart rhythm conditions may be detected through a new biomarker technique devised by researchers...
The new ten-year plan for the NHS in England will include a range of measures aimed at improving cardiac health. Not...
A link has been found between pregnancy and the chances of suffering heart disease and stroke, with women who become...
Former Olympic champion Michael Johnson has spoken of how the prompt use of occupational therapy helped him to make...
The number of excess deaths from heart and circulatory disease last winter was up 55 per cent on the previous winter,...
The use of pig hearts in humans may have moved nearer after a baboon survived 195 days after having the organ transplanted...
The number of heart and circulatory disease cases in England could be reduced by 115,000 over the next ten years,...
New research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) is to explore what effect, if any, so-called junk DNA has on heart...
A new government initiative aimed at making the prevention of disease more of a priority has been welcomed by the British...
Chancellor Philip Hammond has been urged to use his Budget to reverse cuts to public health programmes, a measure...
A third of Britons would not attempt to carry out CPR on someone they saw having a cardiac arrest, a survey by the University...
This week's British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) conference at the ACC Liverpool will be a key event in the profession...
People living in Yorkshire are the most likely to die from heart and circulatory deaths of any English region,...
Heart attacks are less likely to occur among individuals with specific antibodies in their system, new research...
A new test to indicate the 'heart age' of people over 30 has been launched, designed to indicate whether...
Heart attacks and strokes are expected to surge in the UK due to a significant increase in cases of type 2 diabetes.This...
Gender stereotyping is likely to play a major role in the gap in survival rates between men and women when it comes...
The link between poor air quality and cardiovascular problems is well-established, but new research has indicated...
Patients aged below 60 who have suffered ischemic strokes in the past are less likely to have a recurrence if they...