Heart disease more common in W.Va., Ky.
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West Virginia and Kentucky &#151; states known for high levels of obesity, diabetes and smoking &#151; have the highest proportion of people with heart disease in the nation, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
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Five conditions accounted for one-third of the hike, with heart disease at the top of the list, study finds.
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Death rates from heart disease and stroke are falling in the United States but heart and artery disease remains the leading cause of death, the American Heart Association said on Monday.
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Autopsies of adults who died young of unnatural causes show many already had clogged arteries, U.S. and Canadian researchers said on Monday in a study that suggests heart disease may be on the upswing.
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NEW YORK  - People with heart disease who don't take their medications as prescribed risk suffering a heart attack or other heart-related event, a new study shows.
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A new report by Trust for America&#39;s Health shows Kentucky has the third highest percentage nationally of overweight high-schoolers and low-income children ages two-to-five.
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The severely mentally ill are more likely to die from heart and circulatory problems than is the general population, said a British study.
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When it comes to heart disease, being fit may be more important than being thin, according to a study of more than 900 women published on Tuesday.
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Even though heart disease is the top killer of U.S. women and men, doctors are giving women short shrift when it come to preventive care, according to studies published on Tuesday.
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Kidney disease, even in asymptomatic early stages, increases the risk of heart disease, stroke or death, according to a study of more than a million Kaiser Permanente Northern California members.
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More kids are heading toward heart trouble, the American Heart Association (news - web sites) reported Thursday in its annual assessment of cardiovascular
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The people of eastern Finland are famous for being ill. They have the dubious distinction of having one of the highest rates of heart disease in the world.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Medicaid patients are less likely than patients with HMOs or private health insurance to receive recommended cardiac care, say researchers who analyzed data on more than 96,000 patients at 521 hospitals across the country.
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Children who are abused or neglected grow up to be adults with a significantly greater risk of heart disease, a new study says. It&#39;s the first study to show a direct link between a wide range of childhood
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THURSDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDayNews) --  More kids are heading toward heart trouble, the American Heart Association reported Thursday in its annual assessment of cardiovascular disease, the top killer in the United States.
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People with abnormalities in the microvessels supplying blood to the heart -- an early stage of coronary heart disease -- often show abnormal blood flow in the
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According to a study in Thursday&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine, air pollution not only causes long-term health problems, but might also trigger heart attacks.