People under significant financial stress are 13 times more likely to have a heart attack than those with no or minimal financial stress, according to research presented Nov. 9 at the Annual Congress of the South African Heart Association.

Nearly half of all valve hospitals in the U.S. are misclassified as either low- or high-performing, according to research published in JAMA Cardiology—but that problem might have a simple fix.

PCI of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) can be safely performed by expert operators and provides significant benefit to patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) or diabetes, according to a series of studies published Nov. 13 in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Heart failure patients might be at a disadvantage when it comes to the end of their lives as clinicians struggle to communicate outcomes and options to them, the New York Times reports.

The first microscopic video of a blood clot contraction is already changing the way scientists think about conditions like ischemic stroke, deep vein thrombosis and heart attacks, according to a Penn Medicine news story.

Human stem cells can now effectively be specialized to create functioning beta cells, a discovery that could greatly aid diabetics struggling with insulin shortages, according to new research published in Nature Cell Biology.

Millions of words have been written about communication—in relationships, in business partnerships, in patient-physician interactions. (How many of those words have been read is another question.) But an axiom for effectively conveying a thought or a feeling is that it’s not just what you say, it’s also how you say it.

Eating at night disrupts the body’s natural clock, encourages fat buildup and could increase a person’s risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, research published this week in Experimental Physiology states.