US researchers say even a small reduction in the amount of salt in the daily diet would have a huge public-health impact. Cutting just 1 g of salt a day would prevent a quarter of a million new heart-disease cases and 200,000 deaths from any cause over a decade.

African Americans have about a one-in-100 chance of developing heart failure while still in their 30s or 40s, a far higher rate than in whites, and their risk of heart failure at that age is closely tied to whether they have hypertension, obesity, or renal dysfunction earlier in adulthood.

It has been known for a long time that excess weight shortens human lifespan. The body mass index (BMI) is a strong predictor of overall mortality both above and below the apparent optimum of about 22.5 -25 kg/m2.

Heart bypass surgery may be less dangerous for older patients with diabetes than angioplasty, researchers reported. Patients with diabetes were 30 percent less likely to die if they got the…

Blood pressure and cholesterol need to be controlled more aggressively, a new study suggests.

Delivering a gene called neurogenin3 into the livers of diabetic mice activates adult stem cells that promote steady insulin production, say researchers. 

Three simple clinical tests could help identify a large group of patients with elevated heart attack risk who aren’t reflected in traditional risk scores, researchers said.

Diabetic patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at a significantly greater risk of adverse clinical outcomes than those without AF, a new analysis has shown. Compared with those without the rhythm disorder, diabetic patients with AF are more likely to die from all or cardiovascular causes, as well as have …

Adding to evidence linking hyperglycemia and mortality in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients, a new observational study indicates that AMI patients with hyperglycemia at the time of hospital admission whose glucose levels fall to normal ranges during their hospital stay are more likely to survive.

The results are in and both coffee and chocolate have health benefits, but to what extent?