It's scary hearing your doctor say your arteries aren't in great shape. Years of eating fried foods and meals rich in butter and sugar have finally caught up to you, and now you're in the danger zone ...

Arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the rest of the body. When they are clear and healthy, blood moves easily to where it is needed. Clogged arteries, or ...

People with high cholesterol often don't experience any symptoms, making regular blood tests necessary. The condition is fairly common among adults in the United States. The CDC reports that ...

A study dives into non-traditional heart attack causes more common in women than men, highlighting the need for a diversified ...

Clogged arteries are no joke. This condition is medically referred to as arteriosclerosis and, as stated by the Mayo Clinic, it “occurs when the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from your ...

A cholesterol-lowering drug has for the first time been shown to shrink the kinds of blockages that cause most heart attacks, indicating that such pills may offer the first non-surgical way to start ...

Scientists from the Mayo Clinic in the US analyzed 1,474 heart attack cases in people aged 65 or younger, recorded between ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Bill Slater of Maryland Heights has had several angioplasties through the groin. Dr. Ali Ziaee (right) performed a recent ...

The rate of heart attacks was lower in women than in men, but the researchers discovered that the cause of a woman’s heart ...

Poor oral health, especially gum disease, significantly increases the risk of heart disease. Oral bacteria can enter the ...