This muscular organ, with its steady pump, keeps the beat to the music of our lives: the heart. Turns out, your work to keep it strong is a key to longevity.
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3 Ways That Laughter Can Give You a Healthier Heart
Laughter, happiness and a sense of humor actually can help you to stay healthy. Research suggests laughter can decrease stress hormones, reduce artery inflammation and increase your ‘good’ cholesterol.
5 Heart Disease Risk Factors That Are Within Your Control
Some risk factors for heart disease — such as advancing age, or a family history — are beyond your control. Others are completely up to you. Managing these controllable risk factors can go a long way toward reducing your risk of developing heart disease.
Men: How to Cope With Your 6 Worst Health Fears
We think we’re invulnerable when we’re young, but when we reach our late 30s, health concerns start cropping up. Major health concerns vary by age. Find out what steps you can take to prevent them.
What Are Those Butterflies in Your Chest? (Video)
The feeling of having butterflies in your chest has a medical name: atrial fibrillation, or a-fib for short. A cardiologist talks about this common condition, its complications and when to seek treatment.
Motivate Your Kids to Build Strong Exercise Habits — Here’s How
Get your child moving with plenty of heart-healthy exercise using these tips and suggestions from a Q&A with a pediatric cardiologist.
Heart Disease and Vitamins: Helpful or Harmful? (Video)
Many people think that taking vitamins and other supplements can support their heart health, but the opposite may be true. None have been proven to help, and some could even be dangerous.
Tips for Talking to Your Cardiologist
Coming to your appointment prepared with questions and lists of important information can mean a much more productive experience for you and your cardiologist. It can even mean a better health outcome.
Get Involved! Why You Could Make a Difference When It Comes to Cardiac Arrest
Two studies find that bystander involvement improves survival rates of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
Family Finds Way from Nigeria to Cleveland for Heart Care
A Nigerian mother’s decade-long quest for answers and three unsuccessful heart valve surgeries brought her to Cleveland Clinic’s Endocarditis Center.