Heart Disease News & Features
- The Dangers of High Cholesterol
High cholesterol is tough on arteries and your health. Here's how to fight back
- Sam Morton: Living With Heart Disease
WebMD community member Sam Morton lives each day to the fullest, despite living with chronic heart disease.
- Atherosclerosis: What’s Happening Inside Your Arteries?
Could atherosclerosis be clogging your arteries? Find out what’s happening in this peek into your body's highway system.
- Your Arterial Lifeline
Heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. But diseases caused by atherosclerosis also lead to chronic pain, kidney failure, blindness, and even impotence.
- The Post-Quadruple-Bypass Workout
The top way for heart patients to heal faster? Just get moving.
- Spot Heart Attack, Stroke, and Angina Symptoms
Chest pains, pressure, or dizziness may be something serious. See the warning signs of heart attack, angina, and stroke.
- Sex After a Heart Attack
Sex after a heart attack isn’t nearly as risky as many patients believe.
- Rein In the Rage: Anger and Heart Disease
Experts explore the connection between anger and heart disease, and give tips for getting your anger under control.
- Aspirin Therapy: Right for Your Heart?
Daily aspirin helps many, but age, gender, and heart disease risks play a part. Is it right for you?
- Should You Take Daily Aspirin for Your Heart?
Daily aspirin therapy to protect the heart is not for everyone. Find out whether or not aspirin is right for you.
- Heart Disease Detection Goes High Tech
Experts review the latest techniques that reveal whether you have heart disease.
- Un-Break Her Heart
Toni Braxton never imagined that the lyrics to her most famous song would come true -- or that a serious medical condition would put her name on another set of charts.
- Your Waistline and Heart Disease: What's the Link?
Heart disease risk can depend on your weight and where you wear it. Here’s what you can do.
- Overcoming Cardiovascular Disease
If you've been diagnosed with stroke, heart attack, angina or PAD, you may be in shock. But the right medical care can prevent future problems.
- 5 Heart-Healthy Foods
Nothing is more important than taking good care of your heart. Try these five foods to give your heart some extra nutritional strength.
- Heart Biases That Can Kill
Millions of Americans experience heart attack symptoms each year. So why do some get better treatment than others?
- Proper Nutrition and Heart Health
Proper nutrition -- including a low fat, high fiber diet -- is considered so important to heart health that just about every set of guidelines touches on what you should eat, what you shouldn't eat, how you should eat it, and when you should eat it.
- 5 Emergencies: Do You Know What to Do?
If an emergency occurs, how would you react? Find out what to do for five common emergencies.
- Silent Risk: Women and Heart Disease
Heart disease kills half a million American women each year. So why are women more afraid of breast cancer?
- Too Old for a Bypass?
Many elderly people are often turned down for heart surgery.