Most of us think heart attack risk comes down to clogged arteries. But a more immediate threat may be plaque that’s vulnerable to rupture. The good news? Several of the risks tied to dangerous plaque are ones you can change.

Fewer than one in five middle-aged adults gets enough exercise. But what about all the other types of movement you get in a day? You’ll be shocked at what researchers found when they measured those benefits.

Prediabetes may sound like “not diabetes yet,” but your heart may not see it that way. There’s one blood sugar milestone that could change the story, cutting the risk of heart attack, stroke and other serious cardiovascular trouble nearly in half…

We reach for them because they’re fast and convenient. But beneath that convenience is a level of processing that fundamentally changes how your body responds to what you eat, raising cardiovascular risks significantly.

Doctors use tools to assess the risk of heart attack and stroke based on our arteries. But they’ve just been deemed “not optimal” at preventing half of heart attacks. While the medical community grapples with how to enhance early detection, there are a few things you can do at home to help…

If you close your eyes and picture someone having a heart attack, you probably see an older man clutching his chest. A masssive study of a million hospitalizations proves how outdated that image is…