A new study shows heart attack deaths in the US have dropped nearly 90 percent over 50 years - but other heart conditions are on the rise. Researchers found that overall heart disease deaths dropped ...

The U.S. heart attack mortality rate has dropped by 89% in the past 50 years, according to data published June 25 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. At the same time, death rates from ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. However, overall heart disease death rates over the past five decades dropped by 66% in American adults age 25 and older, according to a ...

It’s the classic – bad news always accompanies the good news. Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. For decades, the United States has marked triumphant progress in battling ...

ATLANTA — Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. However, overall heart disease death rates over the past five decades dropped by 66% in American adults ages 25 and older, ...

Heart attack deaths have plummeted in the last five decades, but deaths from all other heart disease issues have spiked, a new study shows. Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the ...

The leading causes of death in the United States in 2024 were heart disease, cancer and unintentional injury, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a September report. Meanwhile, ...

Heart disease and cancer were again the leading causes of death in the U.S. in 2024, according to a CDC report published Sept. 10, which analyzed 99.9% of 2024 death records as of June 1, 2025. At the ...

Data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the states with the highest rates of deaths caused by heart disease. In Newsweek's visualization, below, one can see ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Covid-19 fell out of the top 10 causes of death ...

(CNN) — Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. However, overall heart disease death rates over the past five decades dropped by 66% in American adults age 25 and older, ...