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The chances after multiple job losses may be on par with the risks people face from smoking, hypertension and diabetes.

Dashing the hopes of those who hope to pop a pill to prevent heart disease, doctors announced Monday that daily multivitamins don't stave off cardiovascular problems, such as heart attacks, stroke or death.

People who drank diet soda every day had a 61 percent higher risk of vascular events, including stroke and heart attack, found a new study that followed 2,500 New Yorkers for nine years.

Annual flu shots may protect against heart attacks, and the earlier in the season a shot is given the greater the protection, claims a new British ...

High levels of the stress hormone cortisol are closely linked to death from cardiovascular disease, a Dutch study has found.

Final data from a new study showed that the diet drug Meridia increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes in patients who already have heart disease, but offered only moderate weight loss.

There were 1,200 fewer hospital admissions for heart attacks in England in the year after the smoking ban was introduced, a study suggests.

Replacing saturated fats with healthier options can cut the risk of heart disease by a fifth, a US study says.