Abnormal genes in the heart muscle most often cause hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Click to learn more.

For decades, researchers have investigated the link between gum disease and cardiovascular health. Learn what they found.

Want to lower the chances you'll die of the top killer of all Americans? Then integrate these tips into your daily habits.

Support for a healthy heart starts earlier than you may think. Compared to the decades of the 60s and 70s, trending obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol are rising.

Each one of us has a genetic makeup passed down to us through our family line. Good or bad, we all carry two copies of each gene (except those on the sex chromosomes X and Y). A combination of nature and nurture both play a role in the complexity of our heart health.

Can a stopped heart begin to beat again in someone else’s body? For years, it was unthinkable. An incredible new procedure has made the impossible possible.

Seven years ago, Diane James was driving down I-80 with her son-in-law when she felt her heart flutter. Then it jumped. She knew something wasn’t quite right and told him, “Please take me to the hospital right away.”

In addition to being a respiratory disease, COVID-19 is also affecting the circulatory system in some strange ways.

Imagine suffering a series of 14 heart attacks at just 15 years old.

It was a life-changing surgery, right in the middle of a pandemic. Dan Whithorn got a new heart, knowing he would be dealing with the operation and recovery without his family near. But thanks to his medical team, Dan was never alone. They bonded over books, music and much more!