People who walk more or walk faster live longer, study finds
Rosacea treatments: What works?
For sleep apnea, a dental device may be as effective as CPAP
Carb cycling: What is it, and does it work?
Salmonella, E. coli, Cyclospora, and other germs that cause food poisoning: What you need to know
Understanding orthorexia: Have your healthy eating goals gone too far?
Melatonin or magnesium: Can either supplement help you sleep?
Harvard study: Healthier fats linked to longer life after prostate cancer diagnosis
Naturally gluten-free foods
Shingrix shingles vaccine linked with lower heart disease risks
Heart Disease Archive
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What is a normal heart rate?
Exercise can lower resting heart rate and raise maximum heart rate to reduce the risk of heart attack and death.
A look at diastolic blood pressure
When it comes to managing blood pressure, doctors tend to focus on lowering the top (systolic) number, but the bottom (diastolic) number also plays an essential role in heart health. Diastolic pressure is the pressure during the resting phase between heartbeats, and helps coronary vessels supply oxygen to the heart muscle. It's important to keep both blood pressure numbers low per guidelines, but research suggests the diastolic number should not fall too low.
Take-home advice from the new cholesterol guidelines
The 2026 lipid guidelines explain how people can estimate and lower their risk of a heart attack. They include information about tools and tests, updated targets for LDL (bad) cholesterol, and advice about lifestyle changes and medications.
What's causing swollen feet and ankles?
Sometimes swollen feet are a red flag for an underlying vascular, bone-related, or skin-related health condition.
5 overlooked symptoms that may signal heart trouble
Pain in the chest sometimes is a symptom of heart disease. But heart problems aren't always obvious. Fatigue, unexplained aches and pains, shortness of breath, swollen feet or ankles, and heart palpitations may also indicate heart trouble.
What does it mean to have an enlarged heart?
An “enlarged” heart on an X‑ray doesn’t always mean trouble. Further heart imaging can help reveal what’s really going on.
Can you further lower heart disease risk if your numbers already look good?
Extra steps that might further protect heart health when blood pressure, cholesterol, diet, and exercise are already well managed.
Night owls' habits linked to worse heart health
Compared to people who have moderate sleep-and-wake patterns, night owls may be more likely to have unhealthy habits that put their heart health at risk, according to a 2026 study.
What can cause an enlarged heart?
An enlarged heart has many possible causes, including conditions that force the heart to work harder than usual (such as chronic high blood pressure or heart valve problems) and different types of cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease).
After ablation, exercise may lower atrial fibrillation recurrence
After an ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation, getting at least 90 minutes of moderate exercise per week may reduce a person’s risk of an afib recurrence, according to a 2026 study.
People who walk more or walk faster live longer, study finds
Rosacea treatments: What works?
For sleep apnea, a dental device may be as effective as CPAP
Carb cycling: What is it, and does it work?
Salmonella, E. coli, Cyclospora, and other germs that cause food poisoning: What you need to know
Understanding orthorexia: Have your healthy eating goals gone too far?
Melatonin or magnesium: Can either supplement help you sleep?
Harvard study: Healthier fats linked to longer life after prostate cancer diagnosis
Naturally gluten-free foods
Shingrix shingles vaccine linked with lower heart disease risks
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