High blood pressure is twice as likely to strike a person with diabetes than without. While several medications are commonly used to control blood pressure, two may have extra benefits for the heart of diabetes patients.

Heart health starts with good habits during your teenage years. American teens may need to learn better heart healthy habits to maintain good health into adulthood.

You eat right, exercise often and try to stay healthy. But could the air quality where you live be working against you? Does what you breathe take years off your life?

Lipid panels are tests used to measure cholesterol in blood. While these tests can indicate a possible risk for heart disease, many heart patients may be getting unnecessary testing.

High blood pressure can trigger heart disease, stroke and kidney failure. Medication can help, but it doesn’t work for everyone. A nerve procedure may offer a new type of treatment for those patients who don't respond to high blood pressure medicine.

Limbs slowed and weakened by arteries with plaque build-up can benefit from exercise. Sometimes, patients with those problems have no choice but to create their own exercise plans.

Breaking the tobacco habit is a sensible goal of many smokers. Meeting that target has clear payoffs. For some, including older women, it also may raise concerns about weight gain.

Keeping blood pressure and cholesterol in check can prevent the leading cause of death — heart disease. Both, however, can go undetected unless individuals are screened for them.

A couple of things happen every time your child visits the doctor. They weigh your child, take temperature and measure blood pressure. What if your kid's blood pressure is higher than average?

A certain cholesterol-lowering medicine could knock two birds with one stone if patients' joints are hurting as well.