About 1 in 6 older adults takes daily aspirin to prevent heart disease, even though stricter guidelines say it’s not for everyone, a new study says.

Worse, nearly a quarter of those folks started taking aspirin without a doctor’s recommendation, and about 1 in 10 haven’t discussed their use with any health care provider, researchers found.

“For some patients ...

Tens of thousands of people suffer needless heart attacks and strokes every year because they aren’t taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study says.

More than 39,000 deaths, nearly 100,000 non-fatal heart attacks and up to 65,000 strokes in th...

Noshing on veggies, grains, beans and other high-fiber foods can help your heart as well as your gut health, a new study says.

People with low-fiber diets are more likely to have narrowed arteries caused by the buildup of plaque, researchers reported ...

Weed is associated with a doubled risk of death from heart disease, a new evidence review shows. 

The study also found that marijuana use is linked to an increased risk of stroke and heart attack

Heart disease, strokes and diabetes contribute to many dementia cases in the United States, but the risk is not equal everywhere, a new study says.

Overall, more than a third (37%) of U.S. dementia cases are linked to eight conditions: diabetes, heart failure, atrial fibril...

Lounging around too much after a heart attack can set you up for another one, a new study says.

Within a year of being treated for heart attack symptoms, people who sat around afterwards for more than 14 hours a day on average were at greater risk for another hear...

People with Down syndrome have a much higher risk of stroke than people without the genetic disorder, a new study says.

Down syndrome patients have a 5.14 times higher risk of a stroke caused by a brain bleed, and more than 4 times higher risk of a stroke ...

The shingles vaccine has benefits that stretch beyond protecting older adults from the painful skin condition, a new study says.

Folks who get the shingles jab have a 23% lower risk of health problems like stroke, heart failure and heart disease, researc...

THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HeathDay News) -- Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows.

Patients with clogged arteries often undergo surgery to reopen blood vessels choked by plaques...

Microplastics could be contributing to clogged arteries, increasing people’s risk of heart attack or stroke, a new study says.

Fatty plaques in neck arteries can contain more than 50 times as much microplastics as are found in arteries free of plaque...

A “smart shirt” equipped with an electrocardiogram (ECG) can help identify folks who are at higher risk of heart disease, a new study says.

The shirt monitors people’s heart rate recovery after exercise, tracking the time it takes for their heart to return to ...

More people die from heart problems during heatwaves where high temperatures stretch through both the day and night, a new study says.

Heatwaves that offer no relief at night -- known as compound heatwaves -- are much more deadly than soaring daytime temperatures alone, researchers reported April 1 in the Journal of the American Colle...

Statins are very cheap and highly effective cholesterol-lowering drugs -- but high-risk heart patients may have an even better option, a new evidence review says.

Combining statins with another drug, ezetimibe, signi...

The final days of acclaimed actor Gene Hackman are heart-rending -- a man with Alzheimer’s disease wandering his home for nearly a week after the untimely death of his wife, before collapsing himself.

Experts have speculated that Hackman, 95, might have died from takotsubo syndrome

Lifestyle factors like diet, exercise, smoking and blood pressure have a greater impact on the heart health of women than men, a new study says.

Women with poor health have nearly five times the risk of heart disease compared to women with ideal health, according to findings scheduled for presentation Saturday at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago.

By compari...

Mammograms can be used to screen for more than just breast cancer, researchers say.

The X-ray breast scans also can be used to assess calcium deposits in arteries, which is an indicator of heart health, researchers are scheduled to report Monday at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago.

Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers were able to analyze calcium...

Folks frequently use their smartwatches to monitor their daily step count, aiming to get enough physical activity to improve their health.

But smartwatches are tracking another measure of health that could prove even more important, a new study suggests.

Smartwatches ...

Weed users are much more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other life-threatening heart condition than people who don’t indulge, a new study says.

Adults under 50 are more than six times as likely to suffer a heart attack if they use marijuana, comp...

Elderly people benefit from taking medications to keep their blood pressure low, same as younger folks, a new study says.

Systolic blood pressure kept under 130 reduces the risk of heart-related death by about 26% among people 80 or older, researchers reported in the