Aspartame is an artificial sweetener commonly found in products like chewing gum, soft drinks and tabletop sweeteners, but ...

An ongoing study spotlights the link between calcium deposits in the breast arteries and life-threatening heart risks.

A marathon pushes the human body close to its limits. Legs tire, lungs burn and the heart works hard for hours on end. For ...

Heart attacks don’t always look the same — and a new study from Mayo Clinic highlights the key differences between how they affect men and women. The most common cause of heart attacks overall is ...

Routine mammograms are best known as a front-line tool for detecting breast cancer. But new research suggests the same X-ray ...

Financial strain and food insecurity are the strongest drivers of accelerated heart aging, Mayo Clinic researchers reported ...

People hospitalized for COVID-19 early in the pandemic suffered an increased risk of serious “cardiac events” such as heart attacks and strokes that was akin to people with a history of heart disease, ...

In a new study, heart attack survivors who received a high, personalized dose of daily vitamin D had a 52 percent lower risk of a repeat heart attack. The results suggest specific vitamin D dosing, ...

The secret to a healthier and "younger" heart lies in the vagus nerve. A recent study coordinated by the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and published in Science Translational Medicine ...

A new study shows people with cancer are more likely to die from heart disease than those without cancer. The findings ...

New research reveals exercise may reprogram heart-controlling nerves, giving hope for potentially better treatments for ...

USF Health Heart Institute doctors are upbeat about cardiac regeneration. But when those batteries – heart muscle cells called cardiomyocytes − short circuit and die, the damage can be devastating.