Matthew Landry, a nutrition researcher and dietitian, studies how what we eat can prevent heart attacks later in life.

I co-wrote this piece with Dr. Jeffrey Chen, a Harvard-trained emergency medicine physician who now practices longevity ...

Every August, primary care doctors stock their clinics with influenza vaccines and start reminding patients to get their annual shot. We usually tell patients, “The flu vaccine can reduce your risk of ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 67 and in decent shape. I run 3-4 miles three times a week and lift weights three days a week. I take 20 mg of rosuvastatin daily. My LDL cholesterol is 85 mg/dL, and my HDL is ...

Australia’s leading heart experts are recommending weight loss drugs be used to help reduce heart attacks and strokes, adding ...

A routine blood test taken by millions in the U.S. each year to measure "bad" cholesterol is not the best measure to guide treatment and prevent heart attacks and strokes, suggests a new Northwestern ...

There’s an easy way to see your chances of having a heart attack, years—even decades—before it happens. Think of it like a medical version of a long-range weather forecast. It’s all possible with a ...

Lori Sepich smoked for years and sometimes skipped taking her blood pressure medicine. But she never thought she’d have a heart attack. The possibility “just wasn’t registering with me,” said the ...

Lori Sepich smoked for years and sometimes skipped taking her blood pressure medicine. But she never thought she’d have a heart attack. The possibility “just wasn’t registering with me,” said the ...