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Statement Highlights: Treatment programs for obese children should involve parents and caregivers according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Parents should...

Study Highlights: Sexual activity is safe for most heart disease and stroke patients. Women with cardiovascular disease should be counseled on the safety and advisability of contraceptive...

Study Highlights: As many as three in 10 patients might suffer from an acute confused state, or delirium, shortly after a stroke. Stroke patients with delirium are nearly five times more...

Study Highlights: Healthy, middle-aged men with upper-normal blood pressure were at increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) later in life. Upper-normal blood pressure at the beginning...

DALLAS, Jan. 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regular walking is one of the most effective forms of physical activity that delivers substantial health benefits and improves heart health. To make it fun...

Quality of care improved significantly for Asian-American and white heart attack patients treated in hospitals in the Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease program between...

Study Highlights: Heart attack risks are extremely high for the bereaved in the days and weeks after losing a loved one. The first day after a loved one died, heart attack risk was 21 times...

Statement Highlights: Dispatchers should help 9-1-1 callers identify cardiac arrest victims and coach callers to provide immediate CPR. If more dispatchers followed these processes,...

Study Highlights: Changes in blood pressure during middle age can affect lifetime risk for heart disease and stroke. People who maintain or reduce their blood pressure to normal levels...

Statement Highlights: New statistics show America's cardiovascular health is far from "ideal." For example, between 1971 and 2004, the average total daily calorie consumption has increased...