Even a diagnosis of coronary heart disease isn't enough to inspire patients to eat a healthier diet. Researchers have found that only a small percentage of heart disease patients comply with their doctors' recommendations.

People with a lower exercise capacity are more likely to suffer from serious cardiac events like heart attack. Exercise can reduce risk of heart disease and improve health.

New research suggests that broccoli may help prevent heart disease. Use the American Heart Association's interactive grocery list tool to remember to include heart-healthy foods like broccoli in your shopping trips.

By Eliz Greene 

Heart attack-survivor Eliz Greene offers some simple strategies to enjoy your holiday dinner without derailing your healthy habits.

Heart attack survivor Eliz Greene offers some simple strategies to maintain your healthy lifestyle habits in colder weather. Exercise and proper diet, even when it's cold outside, can help with heart disease prevention.

Two studies offer new information on heart disease. Following a Mediterranean diet, or a diet high in vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, whole grains, fish, and maintaining a healthy ratio of monosaturated fats, alcohol, and meat, reduced death rates  over a five year period in adults ages 50 to 71. Similarly, regular physical activity reduced death rates in the same age group.

By Eliz Greene

Heart attack survivor Eliz Greene offers some simple strategies to cut and reduce sodium intake at home, at the grocery store, and at restaurants that can help with blood pressure control and reducing high blood pressure.

While the Atkins diet may promise dramatic weight loss for some people, new research shows that the diet can also dramatically affect cholesterol—for the worse.