Statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs that protect against heart attacks and strokes by lowering cholesterol, may also protect against age-related memory loss and dementia, a new study finds.

Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health analyzed health records of about 1,700 elderly Mexican-Americans who took cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for five years

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is recommending reduced-fat milk for overweight or obese babies ready to graduate from breast milk or formula to cow's milk.

Low fat milk, instead of whole milk, should also be given to those who have a family history of obesity, high cholesterol or cardiovascular disease. The age to start the cow's milk is anywhere between 1 and 2 years of age, says the latest guidelines from the clinical report Lipid Screening and Cardiovascular Health in Childhood

A Mediterranean or low-carb diet is better than a low-fat diet if a person wants to lose weight and have a healthy heart, new studies have revealed. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health studied 322 moderately obese employees of a research center in Israel.

The employees were randomly assigned to three diet groups and the results indicated that members of the low-fat group lost an average of 6.4 pounds, while those in the low-carb and Mediterranean groups lost about 10

World-renowned heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey died of natural causes late Friday, according to the DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center at Methodist Hospital in Houston. He was 99.

In a career spanning more than 70 years ago, DeBakey performed more than 60,000 heart surgeries. His patients include late American presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, the last Shah of Iran and King Hussein of Jordan

Green tea appears to have a short-term health benefits on the large arteries of the heart, a Greek study has shown. The study found that the consumption of green tea rapidly improves the function of (endothelial) cells lining the circulatory system; endothelial dysfunction is a key event in the progression of atherosclerosis.

The study by Dr. Nikolaos Alexopoulos and colleagues in the cardiology department of Athens Medical School found that green tea rapidly improves the function of endothelial cells lining the suggests endothelium-dependent brachial artery dilatation increased significantly after drinking green tea