Heart Attack: Traffic pollution increases the risk - Even a short exposure to traffic fumes can increase your chances of heart disease, including heart attack. People who exercise in areas where there is...

Heart disease heart disease: - Less of a killer without the drugs - Heart disease is already the leading cause of death in the USA and the UK, and forecasters reckon it will soon be the major killer in every developed...

Biopsy raises risk of testicular cancer - Biopsies of undescended testicles, thought to increase a man's risk of developing testicular cancer later in life, reveal nothing of clinical use and...

Heart disease, part ii: - The kidney connection - Talking about heart disease, it seems that you're much more likely to develop it if you also have chronic kidney disease. In fact kidney health and f...

Heart disease: - Antibiotics don't help - Heart patients might have been puzzled to be given a prescription for an antibiotic as part of their preventative treatment. After all, how's that su...

Heart attack - Find out if you’re at risk - Want to know if you’re at risk from a heart attack? Forget the BMI (body mass index), a measure based on your height and weight and, instead, use your...

Drugs for heart disease - There is a wide range of drugs that are designed either to reduce the risk of heart disease or prevent a reoccurrence.

Causes of heart disease - It’s not too controversial to suggest that one of the chief causes of the epidemic of heart disease in the West is the industrialisation of our food s...