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ROME (Reuters) - Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a ...

Doctors save baby with smallest artificial heart
on May 24, 2012 - 12:42pm
[Corrects spelling of the lead author's last name to Hannan in the 17th paragraph of the story posted May 23, 2012 as 20120523elin003.]

CORRECTION: Too many people get angioplasties, study suggests
on May 24, 2012 - 5:10am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One out of every seven patients having a non-emergency angioplasty to clear a clogged artery in the heart didn't meet criteria for needing the procedure, in a ...

Too many people get angioplasties, study suggests
on May 23, 2012 - 1:30pm
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One of the most expensive heart medications that is frequently used to thin blood after a heart attack or following insertion of a stent finally lost its patent.

Generic Plavix
By Shamir Benji HERWriter on May 18, 2012 - 10:39am
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Empowered

In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose", Michelle King Robson examines a few lifestyle habits that may be bad for your heart and lead to heart disease.

Bad Habits That Are Harmful To Your Heart - HER Daily Dose
By EmpowHER on May 10, 2012 - 8:28am
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Flavonoids (also commonly known as bioflavonoids) are the part of the plant or fruit that give it its bright color and medicinally used to be known as Vitamin P.

Eat Your Flavonoids For Better Health
By Dr. Carrie Jones Expert HERWriter on May 2, 2012 - 12:58pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Medicare and Medicaid federal health insurance programs will cover the transcatheter Sapien heart valve replacement system from Edwards Lifesciences Corp, ...

Medicare to cover Sapien heart valve replacement
on May 2, 2012 - 7:55am
CHICAGO (Reuters) - St Jude Medical Inc published a report on its website on Tuesday that shows problems with wires that carry electricity from implantable defibrillators to the heart ...

St Jude Riata heart device problems persist: study
on May 1, 2012 - 9:10am
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Millions of Americans take statins to lower their blood cholesterol. The most common statins used in the United States include Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor and Pravachol.

Statins and Muscle Injury
By Shamir Benji HERWriter on April 28, 2012 - 8:43am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report suggests higher-than-normal thyroid activity is linked to a greater risk of heart disease, including irregular heartbeats.

Slightly-overactive thyroid tied to heart problems
on April 27, 2012 - 12:55pm