Women have a higher risk of heart disease after menopause, but a combination therapy may reduce that risk.

The healthy choices you make at breakfast, lunch and dinner don’t just make you feel better — they could be adding years to your life.

As stroke becomes an increasingly common health risk, researchers look for ways patients can lower their risk. And they might have found one.

Patients like to think medications will simply make them better, but often, side effect risks are involved. Some experts are expressing concerns that these risks are too great for a common cholesterol medication.

Heart health isn't just a concern of those in middle age or the elderly. Childhood habits may have an effect on future heart health.

If you're worried about heart disease, at least you might be able to skip the fancy screening. Using high-tech diagnostic procedures for heart disease screening may be unnecessary for many patients.

Just because people with low vitamin D levels often have high blood pressure doesn't mean that more vitamin D will fix the problem.

Cancer is a scary diagnosis, but there’s some really good news out there these days — more people are surviving.

If those aching joints are a result of rheumatoid arthritis, it may be a signal to take extra care of your teeth.