The American Heart Association has issued its heart disease and stroke statistical update for 2025, which provides an ...

Stroke is the second-leading cause of death in the United States, but new insight sheds light on possible prevention.

The leading causes of death from cardiovascular disease in 2022 were coronary heart disease (39.5%), stroke (17.6%), other cardiovascular diseases (17.0%), hypertensive diseases (14%), heart failure ...

Highlights: According to the American Heart Association's 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update, heart disease ...

Heart disease remains the number one killer worldwide, outstripping all other causes of death as key risk factors continue to ...

Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his ...

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death in the U.S., with high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes ...

Stroke is the leading cause of death in women, who also have a higher lifetime risk of stroke than men. Mercy Medical Center cardiologist Dr. Dawn Kershner said risk factors include high blood ...

The New York State Department of Health is calling on residents to adopt healthier lifestyles to combat heart disease, the ...

Learn how diabetes medications could revolutionize stroke prevention and enhance heart and brain health with breakthrough ...

Poor oral health could be a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease. New research shows that good oral health habits ...

"Too many people are dying from heart disease and from stroke which remains the 5 th leading cause of death. Together, they kill more people than all cancers and accidental deaths -- the #2 and #3 ...