The Latest Breaking News on Heart Disease

It's long been known that being overweight or obese can make a person more apt to develop conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes, which can lead to cardiovascular disease. But experts at Mayo Clinic say obesity also can affect the heart in entirely independent ways.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the U.S., regardless of race or ethnicity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

‘Doing some physical activity is better than doing none. This is also a good starting position’

'My cousin and friend kept me alive until paramedics arrived'

Cleveland Clinic researcher, other experts will stay away from it after he found that people with the highest level in their blood had twice the risk of stroke, blood clot or death versus those with the lowest level.

Non-drinking days during the week can be a “huge benefit” to people's health

Cardiology expert reveals 10 heart symptoms that should never be dismissed - as many Brits tend to ignore their heart health

Erythritol has found increasing use as a replacement for table sugar

Over half of Brits don't know how to perform CPR, and 45 per cent admit they wouldn't be able to recognise the signs of a cardiac arrest

Mum-of-four Emilia Thomas is 'desperately' raising money for childcare, travel costs, and hotel expenses so she can be in hospital with her baby Alice who is currently in a coma and due to have heart surgery

This March, my first child will be here – and I’ll be able to touch the little dimple in his ultrasound pictures. When I smile, I have one, just like my mother