Weight gain after quitting smoking is associated with an increased short-term risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Two researchers with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore believe community-based organizations (CBOs) must become involved to adequately address food insecurity among high-risk Medicaid patients.

The same investigators who ignited debate among interventional cardiologists with the ORBITA trial in November 2017 have now published a small study highlighting the ability of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to immediately reduce ischemia and boost patients’ exercise capacity.

More than 100,000 individuals across the nation learned about hands-only CPR through training kiosks since the American Heart Association (AHA), along with Anthem Foundation, launched its program in 2016.

Middle-aged men with the highest cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) levels live an average of five years longer than peers with age-adjusted CRF in the bottom 5 percent of the population, according to a study with 46 years of follow-up.

A clinical history of gout is associated with worse outcomes in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), according to research published on Aug. 17 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Chagas disease—the result of infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi)—causes heart disease, including heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia and sudden death in one-third of those infected, according to a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association and the Inter-American Society of Cardiology.

Young and otherwise healthy individuals can still develop a lifetime risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease if their cholesterol levels are not within the normal range, according to new research published in Circulation.