Low-fat, low-carb or high-protein? The kind of diet doesn't matter, scientists say. All that really counts is cutting calories and sticking with it, according to a federal study that followed people for two years. ...more

February 25, 2009

People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease had dramatically lower rates of heart attacks, death and stroke if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found. ...more

November 10, 2008

People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease dramatically lowered their chances of dying or having a heart attack if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found. ...more

November 9, 2008

One week after U.S. researchers announced that pushing down blood sugar levels as close as possible to normal might be dangerous for high-risk diabetes patients, a preliminary analysis of a similar international study has found no such risk. ...more

February 14, 2008

Aggressively driving blood sugar levels as low as possible in high-risk diabetes patients appears to increase the risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke, according to major government study that stunned and disappointed experts. ...more

February 7, 2008

It isn't often a political body is proud to announce being "in the red." But on Jan. 22, the Pasco County Commission passed a resolution declaring Friday, Feb. 1, as "Wear Red for Women Day." This officially added the county to a growing list of public and private organizations starting National Heart Month by shining a light – a red light – on women's heart health issues. ...more

January 30, 2008

A type of "super X-ray" showed promise in its first big test as a potentially cheaper, faster, painless way to determine if certain people with signs of heart disease have it and need treatment. ...more

November 6, 2007

The rate of health-threatening high blood pressure has started rising among America's children for the first time in decades, researchers reported this week, a trend long feared by experts worried about the consequences of the obesity epidemic. ...more

September 13, 2007