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Hulk Hogan, one of the most famed professional wrestlers of all time, has passed away at the age of 71 in his home near Tampa, Florida.

Here’s What Killed Hulk Hogan

By Victor Tangermann

A widely-used sugar substitute found in products marketed to people with diabetes might contain more risks than rewards.

Popular Sugar Substitute Marketed to Diabetics Linked to Stroke, Heart Attack, Brain Cell Damage

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nearly 13 years after skydiving from the edge of space, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has died during a tragic accident.

Man Who Skydived From Space Dies During New Stunt

By Noor Al-Sibai

Cannabis use appears to be linked to a massive increase in heart attack and stroke risk for folks under 50, as a new study has found.

Stoners Vastly More Likely to Have Heart Attacks At a Young Age

By Noor Al-Sibai

Animal Tests Show Promise for Restoring Heart to More Youthful Condition, Even After Heart Attack

Health & Medicine

Animal Tests Show Promise for Restoring Heart to More Youthful Condition, Even After Heart Attack

By Victor Tangermann

Bad news, stoners. New research suggests that any cannabis use is linked to increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.

Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

By Sharon Adarlo

50 percent of cardiac patients have a physical symptom a day before a heart attack, with men and women experiencing distinct warning signs.

RX and Medicine

Scientists Find There’s Usually a Telltale Sign the Day Before a Cardiac Arrest

By Sharon Adarlo

Taking erectile dysfunction drugs may not just help you get your mojo back — it may, per a new study, be linked to lowered risk of heart problems, too.

Dick Pills May Be Linked to Lowered Risk of Heart Attack, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed into cardiac arrest during Monday Night Football. According to some reports, the league wanted to play on.

NFL Accused of Trying to Continue Game After Player Suffered Cardiac Arrest on Field

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A grim new study just found that kids with pre-existing heart conditions are likely to suffer sever cardiac events as a result of playing videogames.

Certain Kids Can Get Heart Attacks From Gaming, Doctors Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of researchers have injected a gene-editing serum into a live patient's liver with the goal of lowering their cholesterol.

Doctors Gene-Edit Patient’s Liver to Make Less Cholesterol

By Victor Tangermann

Verve Therapeutics, backed by Google Ventures, says Crispr gene editing to reduce humans' bad cholesterol, reducing heart attacks.

Scientists Suggest Editing Human Genetic Code to Prevent Heart Attacks

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A drone carrying a defibrillator saved a 71-year-old Swedish man's life after he suffered a heart attack while shoveling snow in December.

Defibrillator Drone Swoops In and Saves Man Having Heart Attack

By Tony Ho Tran

A doctor has affirmed what every Sex and the City fan suspected after watching the end to the first episode of "And Just Like That...".

Doctor Horrified by That Pivotal Scene in “Sex and the City” Reboot

By Noor Al-Sibai

The editors of the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) retracted a study that claims vaping increased the chance of heart attacks.

Scientists Retract Study Claiming Vapes Cause Heart Attacks

By Victor Tangermann

New data reveals that hospitals in the United Kingdom treat more patients for heart attacks and strokes on days with worse air pollution.

Study: Strokes, Heart Attacks Spike on Days With Poor Air Quality

By Kristin Houser