Heart Health Archive

A common heartburn treatment may interact with an important heart medicine. Find out what to watch for and which options doctors may consider instead.

A major study linked high intake of sugary drinks like soda, fruit juices, and sports drinks during teen years and early adulthood with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure in middle age. Replacing sweet drinks with water, milk, or whole fruit may help offset some of those risks.

Doctors increasingly view erectile dysfunction as a potential early warning sign rather than just a sexual health issue. Research shows persistent erectile dysfunction is often tied to cardiovascular disease, and the two conditions share an array of risk factors.

In July 2026, the FDA approved enlicitide (Lipfendra), a pill that lowers harmful LDL cholesterol by nearly 60%. It is the first pill version of a class of injectable LDL-lowering drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors.

An aortic dissection, a tear in the body’s largest artery, typically causes sudden, severe pain in the chest, back, or abdomen. This uncommon condition is most likely to occur in people with a thoracic aortic aneurysm, a bulge in the section of the aorta closest to the heart.

Thyroid issues and blood pressure may be connected in more than one way. See how symptoms, lab results and treatment can affect your readings.

Using an AI algorithm on a coronary computed tomography angiogram can quantify the type and amount of plaque in the heart’s arteries. But whether that information can help prevent more heart attacks remains to be seen.

Crestor can be affected by common drugs, from antacids to blood thinners and antivirals. See which medicines and vitamins need extra caution.

Heart block is a slowdown or blockage of the electrical signals that travel from the upper to lower chambers of the heart. People with third-degree heart block (the most serious form) nearly always need a permanent pacemaker.

People who have a low coronary artery calcium score (between 1 and 99) have signs of early heart disease. Current guidelines recommend taking a statin, with a goal of lowering LDL cholesterol by at least 30%.