The Latest Breaking News on Heart Disease

Cardiologists and radiation oncologists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis pioneered the use of radiation therapy -- a tactic generally employed against cancer -- to treat patients with ventricular tachycardia, a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm. Read further on dynamite News:

Errors highlighted in study include 16-year-old girl who died of sepsis after being mistakenly diagnosed with glandular fever over the phone

Wolman disease is thought to occur in one in every 350,000 births.

I had been conducting awareness sessions on preventing heart diseases, but a friend's husband's heart attack made me doubt their effectiveness. Despite greater understanding of risk factors, heart attack patients are getting younger. My husband reminded me that doctors are meant to teach, so I changed my strategy to "catch…

Caroleanne Stewart gave evidence about her brother and fiance dying within months in 2020.

Those with existing health problems also at greater risk of condition that kills estimated 48,000 a year in UK

Scientists say two separate brain circuits control how much salt we consume.

Any adult who feels able to provide chest compressions can register for an app helping improve cardiac arrest survival rates.

The Swedish research included a number of drugs prescribed to NHS patients.