Taking care of your heart is key to good health. Find strategies to prevent heart disease and keep this vital organ in tip-top shape through the years.
Who needs an Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)?
How An Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) Works
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8 Metoprolol Drug Interactions You Should Know
Woman with chest pain on sofa at home
What Is Heart Valve Disease?
second degree heart block type 1 X-ray image
Second-Degree Heart Block: Mobitz Type 1 Overview
Doctor listening to patient's heart during exam
Is Still’s Murmur (Musical Heart) Dangerous?
People clinking cocktails at a bar
What's the Link Between Alcohol and Heart Disease?
Idioventricular Rhythm Cardiac Effects
Understanding Idioventricular Rhythm
Baby with congenital heart defect being checked by a healthcare provider
Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs): Rare, Common, and Possibly Life-Threatening
Woman lying in bed, experiencing heart palpitations at night.
Why Do I Get Heart Palpitations at Night?
Unrecognizable woman with an abnormal heart rhythm clutching her chest
What You Need to Know About Abnormal Heart Rhythm
Doctor measuring man's heartbeat
Total Artificial Heart (TAH) Implant: What to Know
Massive heart attack; man at home clutching chest
What You Need to Know About Massive Heart Attacks
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How Do You Slow Your Heart Rate After Drinking Alcohol?
How the Cardiovascular System Works, and anatomical illustration of the cardiovascular system
How the Cardiovascular System Works (and Fails)
Understanding the Vasodilation Process
Understanding the Vasodilation Process
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Standing All Day at Work? Here’s How It Could Impact Your Blood Pressure
A woman preparing healthy food in a kitchen
How to Prevent Heart Disease With the Cardiac Diet
Can stress cause a heart attack? Man covering his face with his hands, appearing stressed.
Can Stress Cause Heart Attack?
Pulse pressure predictions, Cardiac Cycle illustration
Pulse Pressure Predictions: What Ranges Suggest About Your Health
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The Best Time to Take Blood Pressure Medication, According to Cardiologists
The anatomy of arteries in the body
Arteries in the Body: What Are Their Functions?
Young woman jogger ready to run set and looking at sports smart watch.
How to Use the Heart Rate Zone Method to Maximize Your Workouts
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Can Alcohol Cause a Heart Attack?
Close up of a senior man taking medicine in a bathroom
Carvedilol vs. Metoprolol: Which Is Better for Blocking Heart Failure?
Stressed young man sitting at desk with head in hands
How Stress Can Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease
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Your Heart Rate: What's Normal vs Possibly Dangerous?
fall produce
These 9 Fall Fruits and Vegetables Are Healthy for Your Heart
Woman wearing headphones while jogging down a street
How to Lower Cholesterol With Habits That Stick
Bottle of celebrex
Anticoagulant vs. Antiplatelet: Which Is Better?
Doctor looking at the computer screen while doing an ultrasound test of a senior male patient lying on clinic bed
A Quarter of Healthy Older Adults Have This Heart Issue, Echocardiograms Show
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ACE Inhibitors vs. Beta Blockers: How Are They Different?
Top down image of four salmon darns on a white long oval serving ceramic plate on a wooden table. It rests on a bed of samphire. Lemon slices garnish the fish.
These 'Micronutrients' Support Your Heart Health the Best, Study Finds
What is a Ross Procedure?
Ross Procedure: Is It Right for Me?
A mature adult woman is at a routine medical check. She is sitting on an examination table in a clinic. The nurse is using a blood pressure gauge to check the patient's blood pressure.
90% of U.S. Adults Have CKM Syndrome. Here's What That Means
A senior woman covering her eyes due to a headache
What Are the End Stages of Aortic Stenosis?
Comforting hand on shoulder of man
What Is Cardiogenic Dementia? How Heart Disease Can Affect Your Brain
Doctor using stethoscope to examine senior woman
All Parts of Heart Anatomy
Ghee clarified butter in jar
Does Ghee Hurt Heart Health?
Hands of a person cutting strawberries with knife
Heart Healthy Foods: What to Eat and What to Avoid
Vegetable salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, nuts and seeds, Green Basil Leaves, and Salts It From a salt Shaker. Next To It Are Sliced Baguette Slices.
Why Is It So Hard to Cut Back on Sodium?
Lipid Test Analyzer: Decode Your Results
A close-up of a bottle of Farxiga (dapagliflozin) 10 mg tablet
Jardiance vs. Farxiga: Similarities and Differences
An older woman takes her blood pressure at home beside a blister pack of pills and a mug on the table
What Do Beta-Blockers Treat and How Do They Work?
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Pros and Cons of Wegovy's New Heart Health Approval
Close up of an older person's hand holding pills with a pill box on the counter
What Are the Side Effects of Statins?
Woman walking across bridge with sunglasses on
Just 3,600 Steps a Day Can Benefit Heart Health in Older Women
Blood Clot in Heart: Cardiac Thrombosis vs Coronary Thrombosis
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Too Much of This B Vitamin Could Be Bad for Your Heart
Close-up view of the can cap with waterdrops
Artificially Sweetened Drinks May Increase AFib Risk by 20%, Study Finds
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This Dissolvable Pacemaker Could Make Heart Rhythm Treatment Less Invasive
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Is Blood Blue?
A person eats an apple in a garden as a heart-healthy snack
11 Snacks for a Healthy Heart
Rear view image of a man sitting on a bed looking out a window
Why Am I So Tired After My Cardiac Ablation?
Close up shot of an older woman organizing medications.
Natural Beta-Blockers: Do They Really Work?
young woman having her blood pressure taken by nurse
Most People Have No Idea What Their Blood Pressure or Cholesterol Levels Are, Survey Finds
Woman with a headache
Symptoms and Warning Signs of Heart Attack in Women
statins
Only 35% of Adults Eligible for Statins Are Taking Them
Woman taking patient's blood pressure
What Is CKM Syndrome?
Healthcare provider checking a senior patient's blood pressure while lying down on hospital bed looking focused
What Happens to Blood Pressure During a Heart Attack?
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What Is CKM Syndrome? A Guide to the New Heart Disease Designation