Doctors agree that lowering LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is key to preventing heart disease and stroke. LDL is often called the “bad”...

Doctors agree that lowering LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is key to preventing heart disease and stroke. LDL is often called the “bad”...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists from Finland and the UK have found strong evidence that heart attacks—also known as myocardial...

Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who...

Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who...

For nearly 60 years, doctors have used cholesterol tests to figure out who might be at high risk for heart disease. But now, a large international...

Intense light therapy after surgery can increase a critical protein that protects heart tissue while lowering levels of troponin, a protein indicating...

Intense light therapy after surgery can increase a critical protein that protects heart tissue while lowering levels of troponin, a protein indicating...

The drug finasteride, commonly known by its brand names Propecia and Proscar, is widely used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic...

Your article (Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks, 31 August) is of great interest. It cites a study that...