Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., responsible for more than 610,000 deaths annually, according to the CDC. Counties in the Western states tend to have lower rates of ischemic ...

Elizabeth Cooney became STAT’s cardiovascular reporter in April with one fundamental question in mind: Why do we have so much cardiovascular and metabolic disease, and how can we do better? Elizabeth ...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide, with 695,000 people dying from heart disease in the United States each year. This accounts for 1 in every 5 deaths, as per the ...

The risk for CV events was increased among patients who were hospitalized for COVID-19, though it was heightened by preexisting CV conditions and mitigated by vaccination.

ATLANTA -- West Virginia and Kentucky -- states known for high levels of obesity, diabetes and smoking -- have the highest proportion of people with heart disease in the nation, health officials said ...

Health researchers identify patients at risk for preventable death in the year after pregnancy. Rutgers Health researchers have found that hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are strongly associated ...