Children and adolescents who are abused, bullied, experience economic hardship or witness violence are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease as adults, according to scientific statement published Dec. 18 in Circulation.

Since the late ’60s, menopausal hormone therapy has been touted as not just a tool for alleviating menopausal discomfort but as a way to preemptively protect women against cardiovascular disease, cancer and stroke.

A blood test for high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT) used in emergency departments successfully ruled out myocardial infarction (MI) and helped identify patients at low 30-day risk for adverse cardiac events, researchers reported in JAMA Cardiology.

Nanette Wenger, MD, became the chief of cardiology at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta in 1958, when black patients and nurses were systematically addressed differently than their white counterparts and cardiovascular disease was assumed to be a “man’s disease.”

Holiday stereotypes are around for a reason—people look forward to a time of year dedicated to gift exchanges, hot cocoa and family vacations. But for the American Heart Association (AHA), the holidays have an additional label: peak heart attack season.

Women who test positive for HIV are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease but are less likely to be prescribed statins to control that risk, according to a study published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs this week.

A study of more than 2,000 Indian men has linked male pattern baldness and premature graying to an increased risk for heart disease, the BBC reported this week.

An injectable gel could change the ability of contractile heart muscle cells to regenerate after myocardial infarction (MI), according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.