Children and adolescents who are obese tend to remain overweight as adults, carrying with them a high risk of adult obesity-related complications. The extra weight increases the risk for health problems normally seen in adults, like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. Overweight children are also at higher risk for asthma, sleep apnea and orthopedic/joint problems.

More than 4,000 Lowcountry residents are expected to take steps this weekend to improve their heart health.

You’re under 50. You’re pretty fit. You can’t have a heart attack, right? Truth is, starting at the age of 35, heart disease is the leading killer of women—but only 20 percent of women believe they’re at risk for heart disease.

You know that fat in your body you wish you didn’t have? It turns out those cells could be used to create stem cells that one day may be able to cure disease.

A newborn baby boy with a heart protruding from his chest is set to undergo a complex surgery in New Delhi, India.

A new generation of blood tests can quickly and reliably show if a person is having a heart attack soon after chest pains start — a time when current tests are not definitive, two studies found.

Diet and exercise are staples in many women’s lives, but some women take it to an extreme. It’s an even more dangerous scenario when it happens during pregnancy, a the growing problem some are calling “pregorexia”.

In a field largely still in its infancy, scientists are making headway toward using stem cells to treat heart ailments. Here’s a look at what’s in the pipeline.

A new article in “Time” magazine says exercise won’t make you lose weight and might even cause some people to gain weight.

More than 50 million people take aspirin to prevent heart disease, and in some cases its blood-thinning properties can save a life. But the century-old drug is a double-edged sword.

The newly FDA approved device is about the size of a number two pencil eraser and has expanded the borders of what doctors can do.

New portable heart pump gives heart failure patients second chance at life.

Here are some tips to help you eat for your heart when dining out.

25-hundred Americans die from heart disease each day. If you have a family history of this condition, you’re at an increased risk for developing it. One Louisiana woman chose not to take any chances on letting heart disease go undetected.

Every year, about 35,000 babies in the U.S. are born with some type of congenital heart defect.

Artificial or cadaver pulmonary valves improve quality of life, but only last about ten years.

Operation for a second replacement is more difficult for the surgeon and riskier to the patient.

The Melody™ Transcatheter Valve, placed into the heart through a catheter, is being studied at a few sites across the U.S.