Called a prostitute by conservative talk show hosts, a Louisiana Democrat on Thursday defended a deal she cut for her Hurricane Katrina-ravaged state in the

About 10 percent of patients with eating disorders show an onset of their symptoms before age 10

Regulators cleared the device under a program reserved for devices that treat rare diseases affecting fewer than 4,000 patients per year

A common lung condition, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) diminishes the heart's ability to pump effectively even when the disease has no or mild

The new label says the drug should not be taken by patients with heart failure, hypertension, irregular heart beats and other problems

Added salt in your diet or, if necessary, salt supplements, can allow your blood stream to keep more water on board

Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.

Thoratec's Heait helps the heart's lower left chamber pump blood throughout the body

The seven essentials to heart health are just a click away in this hearty report on the seven secrets to good heart health.

As many as 369 patients may have received stents they did not need

The FDA is not required to follow the group's advice, though it usually does

Stents are mesh wire tubes that are inserted into arteries to hold them open after they are surgically cleared of fatty plaque

Two new studies find shortfalls in the Food and Drug Administration's approval process for heart devices such as pacemakers and stents.

Heart devices fall into a category of high-risk devices that require the toughest review before they can be marketed

If the heart rate should be too fast or the heart beats in an irregular fashion, the heart's ability to pump blood can be compromised