A new article in the New York Times emphasizes the importance of CPR training to ensure community officials and everyday individuals are trained on how to use the life-saving practice.

A database analysis found that younger women are at an increased risk of stroke during pregnancy, although older women do not have an increased risk of stroke. The researchers considered older women as those who were at least 35 years old.

Dental plaque and heart disease are known to be comorbid, but new research shows that removing plaque reduces total body inflammation—and subsequently the risk of heart attack and stroke.   

A few doctors and hospitals print 3D models of patients’ hearts to help prepare them for surgeries, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Patients with Kawasaki disease who received corticosteroids plus intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy had a reduced risk of coronary artery complications compared with IVIG therapy alone, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The American Heart Association (AHA) recently published a set of recommendations for drug on drug interactions with the use of statins in patients with cardiovascular disease.

A study presented today at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress shows that low physical fitness—up to 20 percent below the average for healthy people—is sufficient to produce a preventative effect on most of the risk factors that affect people with cardiovascular disease. 

In an effort to expedite the process of identifying markers for high cholesterol, researchers have identified specific areas of a person’s DNA to more effectively diagnose an increased risk for heart attack and stroke.