Heart disease is often blamed on cholesterol alone, but a cardiologist says the reality is more complex, involving inflammation, lifestyle and blood flow.

Learn why your heart may be beating slowly, and when it is normal and when it is not, prompting immediate check-up.

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New legislation is gaining bipartisan support in Congress.

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Researchers in the del Monte Lab at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) are the first to observe defects in the protein repair system associated with the peculiar, misfolded protein ...

Heart disease is on track to tighten its grip on American women. New projections from the American Heart Association warn that over the next 25 years, cardiovascular disease will rise sharply, driven ...

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For centuries, scientists believed the human body had two major circulation systems. One was the cardiovascular system that moves blood through arteries and veins. The other was the lymphatic system ...