A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that some jobs put you at higher risk for cardiovascular disease than others. 

A retrospective cohort study found that patients with heart failure and improved or recovered ejection fraction (HFrecEF) had lower mortality rates and less frequent hospitalizations compared with patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction or preserved ejection fraction.

For adults with type 2 diabetes, the benefits of getting a seasonal flu vaccine go beyond avoiding an annoying infection. Vaccine recipients were admitted to the hospital at significantly lower rates for many cardiovascular and respiratory problems and were 24 percent less likely to die of any cause when compared to type 2 diabetes patients who did not get a vaccine. 

Anger and hostility can have harmful affects on one’s cardiovascular health, but the color of your skin may determine how severe that impact will be. 

The use of palliative care in patients with heart failure doubled from 2007 to 2013, according to a cross-sectional analysis of Veterans Affairs external peer review program data. However, the researchers noted that only 7.6 percent of patients received palliative care, which they deemed as low.

A new preclinical study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania outlines the effects a certain breast cancer drug has on an individual’s cardiovascular health.

An observational study at an outpatient clinic in the United Kingdom found that patients with chronic heart failure who had anemia had higher rates of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared with those who did not have anemia. More than one-quarter of the patients had anemia.

Although heart diseases can affect anyone, a new study shows evidence that a certain string of heart failures occur more often in minorities.