Many adults have to stop driving cars once they reach old age. Not being able to drive anymore can cause mental distress and contribute to health problems.

Stroke risk runs high for individuals with atrial fibrillation. Taking blood thinners, however, may not only lower this risk, it may reduce the likelihood of brain damage if stroke happens anyway.

Although more people have become informed about cardiovascular disease, minority women may be lacking information when it comes to understanding how being overweight or obese can impact heart health.

Cardiologists often rely on imaging techniques involving radiation. Some patients, however, may be exposed to unnecessary and harmful doses of radiation.

Waiting for a donor’s heart can take a long time, and sometimes after transplantation, the recipient’s body rejects the new heart. A new study may have found a better way to choose a heart donor.

As more people live beyond 80, incidences of heart valve blockages have grown. Damaged aortic valves are often treated surgically, but a catheter-based method has emerged as an alternative.

One fifth of the US blood supply goes to heart operations. Because blood transfusions are costly and can lead to health complications, a blood conservation strategy may help.

Cases of shingles have been rising in recent years, even among younger individuals. And the disease may be increasing other health risks as well.

African Americans have the highest rate of high blood pressure of all racial groups, but it often goes undetected, and among this population, women are more likely to have the condition.

Many drugs that prevent blood clots are used to reduce stroke risk, but which therapies are the most effective?