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Beyond hot flashes: What menopause can do to your heart—and why it matters

As women navigate hot flashes, sleep issues and changing waistlines, there's another quieter change that can often occur during perimenopause and post-menopause that deserves just as much attention: heart health.

Blood pressure swings over 24 hours tied to poorer brain health

Frequent changes in blood pressure could affect cognitive health and contribute to brain changes associated with dementia risk, according to new research from Monash University.

ACC issues decision pathway for postpartum cardiovascular care

A new Expert Consensus Decision Pathway by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) provides recommended strategies for improving postpartum care for individuals with and at risk for short- and long-term cardiovascular disease ...

Scientists uncover protein that could help failing hearts

Researchers have identified a key protein that may help failing hearts regain function, offering new insight into why some hearts recover while others do not. The discovery comes from studying patients treated with left ventricular ...

MRI technique enhances valve disease evaluation

A new cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-based measurement may improve how physicians assess a common heart valve condition, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. The findings ...

AI flags heart risks in breast cancer patients

UBC Okanagan researchers, working with scientists at BC Cancer–Kelowna, have developed a groundbreaking AI model that can help identify breast cancer patients who may face a double-threat—that of cancer and cardiovascular ...

Why managing expectations matters in chronic pain treatment

In a 2026 study I conducted with colleagues on people with peripheral arterial disease, one participant described how leg pain had disrupted his golf for years. It forced him to stop mid-round, shake his leg and apologize ...

New cholesterol guidelines aim to stop heart disease earlier

Doctors should consider treating high cholesterol much earlier and more aggressively than they have in the past, according to a new perspective by Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian and Yale School of Medicine ...

Health care costs reach a breaking point

With health care costs constituting a major source of concern across the U.S., the American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone, everywhere, today released a Presidential Advisory ...

AI model could warn of cardiac arrest 10 to 15 minutes early

Perelman School of Medicine cardiologist Rajat Deo has been studying electrocardiographic (ECG) data and cardiac rhythms for nearly two decades at Penn. He says that every second, hospitals generate "enormous streams of ECG ...

Plant-based eating may reduce inflammation

Consuming a plant-based diet may help lower levels of a key marker of inflammation in the body, according to analysis of clinical trials led by University of Warwick researchers. The study, published in Nutrition, Metabolism ...