A new microneedle patch delivers IL-4 directly into damaged heart tissue, helping the heart rebuild after a heart attack. The treatment encourages immune cells to switch into a healing mode while ...

Stroke and heart attack are life-threatening conditions that require emergency medical attention, but they differ in the affected organ and symptoms.

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other ...

Nov. 19 -- WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- There's a message for doctors, hospitals and communities in new guidelines for treatment of coronary disease and heart attacks: Get organized. Every ...

While the time it takes for heart attack patients to receive an angioplasty following hospital arrival has dropped, a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine found there has not been a ...

New research unveiled at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions highlights emerging strategies to prevent heart ...

The Regional Systems of Care Demonstration Project-Mission: Lifeline STEMI Systems Accelerator program, which was designed by cardiologists at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., will ...

N E W   Y O R K, Feb. 23 -- Five years ago on a Friday, as Warren Vaughn LeMay tells it, he received a clean bill of health from his doctor to begin an exercise program to lose weight. The next ...

Researchers have uncovered a major blind spot in the way doctors assess future health risk in young adults who suffer a heart ...

Doctronic reports heart attacks spike during Thanksgiving due to factors like rich food, stress, and disrupted routines.

The study reveals that widely used heart-attack risk calculators fail to flag nearly half of those who will soon experience a ...