Aspirin Therapy: Right for Your Heart?

While it helps to know that aspirin does reduce healthy people's risk of heart disease and stroke ... dose is one baby aspirin (81 milligrams) a day. Higher doses are no more effective, and ... Read More

Heart Disease News

10, 2024 — Over 200 million people around the world experience peripheral artery disease (PAD) -- a condition ... Factors May Raise Risk of Developing Heart Disease and Stroke Mar. 27, 2024 ... Read More

Stopping aspirin after stent implant may safely cut risk of bleeding

What's more, stopping aspirin didn't raise patient's odds for a clot or related cardiovascular "events" such as death, heart attack, stroke ... may also reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease In ... Read More

Physical Activity May Lower Heart Disease Risk by 23%, According to a New Study

Perhaps the least surprising finding was that those who met the minimal recommendations for physical activity had a 23% lower rate of heart disease (since other studies have shown this over time, per ... Read More

Study: Heart failure, not stroke, most common complication of atrial fibrillation

Doctors tell patients with atrial fibrillation, which causes an irregular and often abnormally rapid heart rate, to beware of an increased risk of stroke. But the threat of heart failure should be ... Read More

Exercise may reduce heart disease risk by changing how the brain reacts to stress

Share on Pinterest Research shows that physical activity may help reduce heart disease risk ... who was not involved in the study, told Medical News Today that the relationship between CVD ... Read More

Heart disease, stroke risk may be higher in certain neighborhoods

People living in neighborhoods with high rates of environmental and socioeconomic problems may face a higher risk for heart disease and double the risk for stroke ... said in a news release. Read More