There’s good reason to pay attention to even the most understated symptoms: “Your heart is the lifeline of your whole body,” ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, but doctors say many people don't recognize the early ...

When it comes to matters of the heart, there’s more to consider than hitting your weekly cardio goals at the gym. With new technologies like smart beds that register abnormal rhythms and T-shirts ...

The number of heart attack deaths has plummeted in the U.S. over the course of the last half-century. Doctors have tied the remarkable shift to improved detection and more effective treatment for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At one time, heart disease was believed to largely only happen to men, which meant women weren’t included in health studies on the ...

Bethany and Hannah Keime, two sisters from Miami, thought they were “normal” high school students. Bethany was in an arts high school for dance, and Hannah played varsity basketball and participated ...

Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a condition that makes the heart stiff and less flexible, making it harder for the heart to pump. ATTR-CM doesn't always cause symptoms. When it does, ...

If you have a racing or irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia, one likely suspect is atrial fibrillation (AFib). “Of all the possible heart rhythm disorders, atrial fibrillation is by far ...

What to know about coronary heart disease, from symptoms to treatment options.

February is American Heart Month. The last Wednesday of every February is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Awareness Day, a day and cause near and dear to my big heart.