Patients prescribed non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) to manage symptoms of atrial fibrillation (AFib) could be at increased risk for major bleeding if they are taking certain common medications at the same time, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association states.

According to a Danish study, 24 percent of people who return to work after a heart attack leave their job within a year.

Women have lower numbers of circulating progenitor cells, a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association reported, possibly explaining the rise in adverse cardiovascular events in women after they reach menopause and start to age.

More than half a million people were diagnosed with obesity-related cancers in the U.S. in 2014, the CDC reported Tuesday, and those numbers aren’t expected to deflate anytime soon.

Patients classified as frail who undergo percutaneous mitral valve repair (PMVR) demonstrate greater short-term improvement in quality of life than their nonfrail counterparts and similar improvements in six-minute walking distance and functional status, a new study found.

Penicillin prophylaxis could have a positive, regressive effect on young patients diagnosed with latent rheumatic heart disease (RHD), one study of Ugandan children has found.

Physician predictions are an important factor in families’ decisions about end-of-life care for relatives. But how often are doctors wrong?

Heart patients on a regular regimen of statins have an almost 30 percent decreased risk of contracting a dangerous bacterium that can result in mortality, morbidity and serious metastatic infections, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.