If you need to take an anticoagulant — popularly known as a blood thinner — you don’t want it to cause bleeding, but some might raise your bleeding risk. 

Keeping blood pressure in check is important for avoiding a heart attack — especially if you've already survived one. New guidelines could help doctors and patients keep blood pressure on track after heart problems.

You've got to breathe to live, but breathing polluted air could put you at risk of health problems.

Many parents may try to step away from their children when they smoke, but children exposed to even small amounts of smoke may grow up to have heart problems.

Finding your purpose in life may give you more than just a sense of fulfillment — it may also give you better brain health.

The healthy choices you make at breakfast, lunch and dinner don’t just make you feel better — they could be adding years to your life.

As stroke becomes an increasingly common health risk, researchers look for ways patients can lower their risk. And they might have found one.

The use of hormones during menopause was once thought to protect against heart disease, but that may not be the case.

Sitting may feel nice, especially after a long day. Too much of it, however, isn't doing your heart health any favors.

You may not have to completely give up meat to reap some of the possible benefits of a vegetarian diet.