It's cheap, it's old, it's in your face, it's frustrating, and it's bitter. No, you cynics, that's not a description of the writer. Rather, the foregoing is a partial description of aspirin, an old, inexpensive, ubiquitous drug that we're still not sure how to use properly, especially in preventing heart attacks. more >>

• Herbal remedies and heart medications - should they mix?
• The consequences of heart disease
• A double dose of heart protection: Statins
• Treating congestive heart failure

Angioplasty opens up blockages in the arteries around the heart and improves blood flow. Although still considered a surgical procedure since there is an opening made in the skin, angioplasty is easier on the patient than coronary bypass surgery. more >>

• When should a coronary artesry bypass graft surgery be performed?
• When the heart no longer beats with a normal rhythm, a doctor may suggest a pacemaker
• After coronary angioplasty