Anger and hostility can have harmful affects on one’s cardiovascular health, but the color of your skin may determine how severe that impact will be. 

The use of palliative care in patients with heart failure doubled from 2007 to 2013, according to a cross-sectional analysis of Veterans Affairs external peer review program data. However, the researchers noted that only 7.6 percent of patients received palliative care, which they deemed as low.

A new preclinical study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania outlines the effects a certain breast cancer drug has on an individual’s cardiovascular health.

An observational study at an outpatient clinic in the United Kingdom found that patients with chronic heart failure who had anemia had higher rates of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared with those who did not have anemia. More than one-quarter of the patients had anemia.

Although heart diseases can affect anyone, a new study shows evidence that a certain string of heart failures occur more often in minorities.

Consuming a lot of alcohol has long been associated with heart problems, but a new study offers an uncharted perspective on “wet” counties versus “dry” counties and how living in either can affect cardiovascular health.

Having a higher-than-normal body mass index (BMI) as a teenager could be an indicator that men will experience heart failure in middle age. 

Patients who suffer from type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease could be in worse shape than doctors previously thought, say the authors of a new study published in the journal Diabetes Care.