The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) chose hundreds of participants for a new initiative aimed at reducing the risks for heart attacks and strokes for Medicare beneficiaries.

Leslie S. Heisz, a veteran investment banker, was named to Edwards Lifesciences Corporation’s board of directors on July 5.

New research from the National Institutes of Health, based in Bethesda, Maryland, shows that collagen is more active in the human body than originally thought and has an affect on the way enzymes are broken down.

For inoperable and high-risk patients suffering from aortic stenosis, new research may provide some solace. It suggests a new transcatheter aortic valve replacement system can help the heart better pump blood through the body and decrease the risk of heart failure.

To increase stroke awareness internationally, the World Stroke Organization and Medtronic have teamed up to educate and provide support for those who’ve suffered from strokes.

Stroke patients who take statins early in their treatment could see their risk of contracting an infection while hospitalized reduced 58 percent, according to a new study published in June’s issue of the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 

After previous studies turned up inconclusive results, the authors of a new study published in American Heart Association’s Hypertension said they have found a correlation between short- and long-term exposure to air pollutants and the hypertension that can cause heart disease.

A new study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine spells out bad news for women who work more than 40 hours a week over the course of their careers: They could be at much higher risk for early onsets of diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes and arthritis.