Heart attack deaths have dropped sharply in the past 50 years, but fatalities from other types of cardiovascular disease are climbing fast.

Still, the majority of heart disease deaths are clearly no longer due to heart attacks. “It is going to be important that we focus on these other rising causes of mortality,” says King.

Dr. Murphy, a cardiologist at Mount Sinai in Queens, was determined to help Umair see his son again, and performed an emergency heart stent procedure.

Passing nurses Sabrina Castle and Gianna Formisano saved the life of Merryl Hoffman when she experienced a sudden cardiac arrest.

In July 2024, a team of surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Children’s Hospital of New York—Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital performed a split-root domino partial heart transplant, saving the ...

In a new study from Uppsala University in Sweden, researchers found that just three nights of restricted sleep – around four hours a night – triggered changes in the blood linked to a higher ...

A potentially lifesaving new smartphone app can help people determine if they are suffering heart attacks or strokes and should seek medical attention, a clinical study suggests.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A microscopic insect is threatening New York’s red pines. Red pine scale feeds on the tree’s nutrients, forming white tufts at needle bases and branch tips. Experts are urging ...

Waist-to-height ratio predicts heart failure incidence, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2025,1 a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

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Fluid overload is a classic sign of heart failure and manifests as described by the patient in her history and physical presentation as dyspnea, dependent edema, orthopnea, weakness, and fatigue ...