When Josephine Pregley woke up on a Saturday morning, she knew something wasn’t right. The 60-year-old grandmother in Davis, West Virginia, realized she was experiencing stroke.

A small study examining how chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy found that men experienced greater side effects, including significantly lower left and right ventricular ejection.

There’s nothing wrong with indulging in chocolate regularly—at least when it comes to your heart, according to a new study.

A recent story in the Knoxville News Sentinel examined how the opioid crisis in the United States is putting cardiology departments in a difficult spot.

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been proven effective in reducing mortality in patients with severe systolic heart failure. A recent study used two models—one for heart failure and another for proportional risk—to identify patients less likely to benefit from ICDs.

In a new study led by researchers at Geisinger Obesity Institute in Danville, Pennsylvania, investigators were surprised when they saw overwhelming evidence that weight-loss surgery decreased long-term risks of heart failure by more than half in obese patients.

We know that inflammation is the root of much disease. But often getting rid of inflammation introduces more problems, for example, bleeding risks.

New research presented at the American Thoracic Society conference in San Francisco has provided evidence that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or have a history or risk for cardiovascular disease more often suffer from heart attack and stroke.