Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading ...

The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

The most defensible conclusion is not that wild blueberries are a cure or a supplement replacement, but that they are a ...

A new study in Clinical Nutrition provides evidence that the regular consumption of unsalted, skin-roasted peanuts may enhance brain vascular function and memory in older adults. The research ...

The health benefits of dietary flavanols appear to come from their ability to trigger responses in the brain and the body’s stress systems. That slightly dry, tightening feeling some foods leave in ...

Cardiologist Bob Harrington talks to Mitch Elkind, chief science officer for Brain Health and Stroke at the AHA, about the ...

For years, doctors have warned that carrying excess weight is bad for the heart and blood vessels. Now, a major body of ...

A new review paper was published in Aging titled "Peripheral vascular dysfunction and the aging brain." Aging is the greatest non-modifiable risk factor for most diseases, including cardiovascular ...

As an extension of the central nervous system, the eyes share an anatomical connection with the brain that is key to an animal’s ability to see. Besides the visual connection, both the brain and the ...

Each day, we consume roughly four pounds of food and around two to four liters of fluid. That is a ton of data for our bodies to process, all of which can impact our brain health and function.