One study has concluded that having overweight raises your coronary heart disease risk by as much as 26% compared to someone who is at a healthy weight, and obesity by as much as 28%.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of mortality in the United States. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking have all been directly related to CHD ...

Coronary artery disease is one of the risk factors for AFib. Conditions like CAD, aging, persistent high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure, obesity, sleep apnea, and emphysema can eventually ...

A study from Stanford shows that heart attack deaths fell 89 percent from 1970-2022 while chronic heart disease deaths rose ...

Research shows heart attack deaths have plummeted by nearly 90% since 1970, while deaths from heart failure and arrhythmias ...

Death rates from high blood pressure, arrhythmias and heart failure have risen sharply since 1970, new research shows.

This evolution over the past 50 years reflects incredible successes in the way heart attacks and other... heart [diseases] ...