And now, a new study has found that the vaccine could lower the risk of heart disease for up to eight years. In the long-running study, researchers analyzed up to 12 years of data for more than 1. ...

But when we aren’t doing anything, our heart rate can still be useful to know. If you have a wearable that measures your resting heart rate (RHR), here’s how to understand what it’s telling you.

May 8, 2025 — Even a few nights with insufficient sleep promote molecular mechanisms linked to a greater risk of heart problems. This has been shown in a new study in which the researchers ...

Getting the shingles vaccine could do more than just prevent a painful red rash — it may also lower the risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a new South Korean study of more than one ...

My doctor ordered a series of heart scans that found slight mitral valve prolapse. What is that? Should I be worried? Dear Reader: Mitral valve prolapse is a condition that interferes with the one ...

Jess said: “Just before his second birthday, we took him for a routine appointment about what we thought was a chest infection and the doctors said they had found a heart murmur. They said it ...

A growing body of research suggests that plastics (such as the takeout container kind) and chemicals used to create them, called phthalates, increase heart disease risk by causing inflammation and ...

The United States cardinals who were part of the conclave that on Thursday elected Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, called him “a citizen of the world,” in continuity with Pope ...

The autopsy found damage in only one of the four chambers of Mahdi's heart — the right ventricle. There was extensive damage to his liver and pancreas as the bullets continued down. The entrance ...

Healing a broken heart takes time, but building certain habits, like practicing self-compassion and journaling, can help ease the process. Heartbreak is a universal experience that comes with ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WCSC) - A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the bullets, ...