The weight-loss drug Ozempic can help reduce stroke patients' risk of a heart attack or death, a new study says.

Heart disease deaths related to obesity increased by 180% in the U.S. between 1999 and 2020, especially among middle-aged men, Black adults, residents of Midwestern states and non-metropolitan areas, ...

Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the US last year, accounting for 162,600 deaths, according to preliminary data.

The fear of having another heart attack was a major ongoing stressor for heart attack survivors, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific ...

type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors. After controlling for population size, researchers found that neighborhoods ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors, two classes of medications most commonly prescribed to treat Type 2 diabetes or weight loss, may reduce the risk of heart attack, second strokes and death ...

In an analysis of more than 7,000 stroke survivors, those who were taking either a GLP1-receptor agonist or an SGLT2 ...

“Obesity is a serious risk factor for ischemic heart disease ... Less blood and oxygen can reach the heart, increasing the ...

New research indicates that people with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome may have a higher risk of developing ...

Study participants who averaged between 2.5 and 5 hours of physical activity a week—which is the minimum amount recommended ...

and they are also at risk for other cardiovascular events such as a heart attack since many of the risk factors of a stroke ...