Heart Health

One year exercise may reverse heart stiffness in heart failure

A year of exercise training helped to increase the youthful elasticity of the heart muscle among people showing early signs of heart failure.

Six supplements for heart health fail to lower cholesterol as statin drug

Scientists found six widely used dietary supplements promoted for improving heart health did not effectively lower LDL or "bad" cholesterol.

Vitamin B12 levels linked to heart disease death risk in diabetes

Scientists found that vitamin B12 and folate levels may influence heart disease death risk in type 2 diabetes.

Green tea and coffee could help reduce death risk from heart disease

Scientists from Chung-Ang University and elsewhere found drinking green tea and coffee may reduce the death risk from heart disease.

Problematic alcohol drinking harms heart health, study shows

Scientists from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and elsewhere found problematic alcohol drinking harms heart health.

The DASH diet is linked to lower risk of heart failure

Scientists from Karolinska Institutet and elsewhere found that the DASH diet is linked to lower risk of heart failure.

Mediterranean diet prevents heart disease better than a low-fat diet

Scientists from Universidad de Córdoba found that the Mediterranean diet prevents heart disease better than a low-fat diet.

Eating nuts and seeds may reduce death from heart disease, cancer, diabetes

Scientists from the University of Bergen and elsewhere found eating nuts and seeds may reduce death from heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

Refined grain foods not linked to higher heart disease risk, shows study

scientists found that consuming high intakes of refined grain foods does not increase one's risk of coronary heart disease, heart attack, heart failure, or stroke.

Fish eaters, meat eaters, vegetarians: Who have the lowest heart disease and stroke risks?

Scientists from the University of Oxford found that fish eaters and vegetarians have lower risks of heart disease than meat eaters.