The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that a blood thinner from Johnson & Johnson appears to reduce life-threatening blood clots in high-risk patients,

It's one of the most popular antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections, but a new study suggests for some people taking azithromycin, commonly referred to

More bad news about Americans' waistlines: They're only going to get bigger. Already, about a third of people are obese. By 2030, it is estimated 42 percent of

Katelyn Newell suffers from bradycardia, in which her heart beats very slowly. Katelyn's coronary arteries are not developing as they should.

Despite what doctors have been telling patients for the past few years, having gum disease does not make us more likely to have a heart attack or stroke,

The most optimistic people had half the risk of a first heart attack when compared to the least optimistic.

The United States has some of the saltiest fast foods in the world. That's according to a CBC News report on a new study in the Canadian Medical Association

LDL cholesterol - so-called "bad cholesterol" -  is a major health problem, contributing to development of heart disease, which is the leading cause of death

FIFA will be studying cardiac arrest cases involving soccer players to learn what caused Bolton's Fabrice Muamba to collapse during a match.

A new, experimental cholesterol-fighting drug is creating quite a buzz among researchers and other experts, prompting some to use words such as "dramatic,"

Researchers at the Kyushu University School of Medicine in Japan looked at the medical records of more than 400,000 cardiac arrest patients over a three-year

Medicare, the government health insurance program for Americans 65 and older, covers the Ornish program, which teaches a plant-based, meatless diet,

February is American Heart Month, and the statistics haven't changed: Cardiovascular disease is still the leading killer of men and women in the United States

Menu warnings nearly proved true for a man at a downtown Las Vegas restaurant that offers "Bypass" burgers, "Flatliner" fries and free meals to people over 350

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore were able to treat 17 heart attack patients with cells grown