Influenza vaccination is associated with significantly lower odds of myocardial infarction (MI), according to a large meta-analysis published late last week in BMC Public Health. In the study, ...

A meta-analysis of 15 observational studies found influenza vaccination was associated with an 18% lower risk of myocardial ...

Level of risk peaked in the week after a hospital admission but lingered through 6 months ...

New research uncovers how the brain, immune system, and nervous system contribute to heart attack damage, revealing three nodes that could be targeted with new therapeutics.

A new report reveals that progress against heart disease has stalled while key risk factors continue to climb.

Nina Kumowski, MD, of the Department of Radiology and Center for Systems Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author and Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD of the Department of Radiology ...

Nearly half of active smokers report quitting within a year after an acute MI, with longer hospital stays and participation in cardiac rehabilitation being independently linked to increased quitting.

Many people identified as low risk for cardiovascular disease by standard risk calculators go on to have a heart attack, ...

This news might break your heart — literally. A shocking new study found that the go-to treatment doctors have been using to manage heart attacks for the last 40 years may offer no real benefit for ...

The Department of Medicine at University of Calgary led an analysis comparing several clinical mental disorders with risk of acute coronary syndrome, a term that includes heart attack and emergency ...