Cardiovascular

February is American Heart Month, and a largely unaddressed condition affecting thousands of young people is at the center of a Mayo Clinic cardiologist’s practice. ...

Too much salt is not good for your health. This is especially true for people who have high blood pressure. Cutting back on how much ...

Cardiovascular disease is still the No. 1 killer in the world. The good news is that, generally, the numbers are getting better, with one surprising ...

National Wear Red Day is an annual event held each first Friday of February, dedicated to raising awareness about heart disease in women. It's the ...

Congenital heart disease is the most commonly diagnosed disorder in newborns worldwide. While babies born with this condition are living longer and healthier lives, some ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — When it comes to exercise, what's best for your heart: slow and steady, or fast and furious?  How about a combination of ...

Vascular dementia is a general term describing problems with reasoning, planning, judgment, memory and other thought processes caused by brain damage from impaired blood flow ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heart disease is a leading cause of death is the U.S. And the risk of heart disease death differs by race ...

The phrase "you are what you eat" is commonly used in conversations about health and the connection between food and the body. Eating an unhealthy ...

In a new study published in Genetics in Medicine, Mayo Clinic researchers streamlined genetic testing and counseling for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, a type of heart muscle ...

Coronary artery disease is the most common type of heart disease, diagnosed in more than 20 million people and responsible for more than 350,000 deaths ...

Could cells taken from a small patch of skin become heart muscle and repair a rare congenital heart defect? It's a scientific question that Timothy Nelson, ...