Along with regular exercise and eating a healthy diet, medications can lower high blood pressure. Treatment, however, has to be taken as directed by your doctor.

Screening for heart disease is a routine part of many physical exams. Some of these screening tests are simple tests, but others can be more sophisticated and expensive.

Do you enjoy waking up to the smell of coffee in the morning? According to recent research, that cup of joe could be good for your heart.

Bleeding within the brain can be a sign of age-related mental decline to come. While this occurs more commonly among stroke victims, patients with COPD may be prone to this as well.

There may be more good reasons to call breakfast the most important meal of the day. The morning meal may make a big difference when it comes to heart health.

The key to living a long and healthy life might be in the palm of your hand — with a handful of nuts, that is.

Sometimes blood pressure can be controlled by lifestyle changes alone. But in other cases, several types of medications may be needed to do the trick.

Exercise until you sweat, and you can send your stroke risk running. Sweating during physical activity is a sign that you're getting an aerobic workout, and that can offer protection to your heart.

Knowing the signs of diabetes and heart disease can help control these illnesses. Mexican-Americans, especially, may develop these warning signs at a younger age than expected.

Ways of treating cancer keep getting better all the time. That’s why there are more cancer survivors today than at any other time in history. Unfortunately, some older cancer treatments may be linked to long-term risks of other diseases.