Your heart rate, or pulse, is the number of times your heart beats per minute. Your resting heart rate is when the heart is pumping the lowest amount of blood you need because you're not exercising.

More than 99% of people who suffer a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure have at least one risk factor beforehand—yet many have no idea until it’s too late. That’s part of the reason why heart ...

Share on Pinterest Heart disease overall has decreased by 66% since 1970, but it remains the leading cause of death among Americans. Tashdique Mehtaj Ahmed/Getty Images Heart attacks have become more ...

Heart disease is more common in people over 65, but treatments are better than ever. That can complicate decision-making for older heart patients. By Paula Span It turns out that the Isley Brothers, ...

A quiet revolution in care is helping patients with cardiac amyloidosis, a form of heart failure that long stumped doctors. By Simar Bajaj When James Hicks, 75, was diagnosed with heart failure, it ...