According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 19.8 million people around the world died from heart disease in 2022, with about 85% of these deaths attributed to stroke and heart attack.

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S., regardless of racial background or sex. A condition that has mostly been described as a non-communicable disease, meaning it's not caused by ...

Bacteria normally found in the mouth could play a direct role in triggering a heart attack, a new study has found. In an examination of the arterial plaques collected from more than 200 patients with ...

Scientists at the University of Liverpool in the U.K. may have finally solved the link between a bacterial pathogen and heart complications that has puzzled researchers and clinicians for years. The ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States one person dies from a cardiovascular disease every 34 seconds. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, ...

A new clinical study suggests that successful root canal treatment may benefit more than just dental health. Patients treated ...

POWELTON (WPVI) -- Penn Medicine is contacting patients who may have been exposed to a dangerous bacteria during heart surgery. This comes after four patients at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center were ...

BALTIMORE, Dec. 4, 2025: Pneumonia is a disease that burdens the healthcare system with more that 1.2 million emergency room visits each year and more than 41,000 adult deaths in the United States.

Another patient has died after an open-heart surgery procedure at York (Pa.) Hospital, bringing the total number of patient deaths tied to a rare bacterial infection to five, according to a York Daily ...