Update: The Food and Drug Administration approves the first at-home defibrillator. (11/12/02)
Portable defibrillators in public places could save thousands of lives. (10/26/00)
Experts change the way they monitor blood pressure. (5/5/00)

An American's risk of dying from heart failure is declining, according to a new study. (10/31/02)
A simple test can measure your risk of heart attack. (3/23/00)
Ramipril may be successful in preventing heart attacks and diabetes. (11/11/99)
Aldactone and severe heart failure (7/20/99)
Choosing the right hospital for treating heart attacks. (5/27/99)
Research on treatment and prevention. (11/11/98)

Update: Dick Cheney's returns to work after getting a pacemaker. (7/2/01)
A cardiologist explains Dick Cheney's heart trouble. (6/29/01)
Mark Shields and Paul Gigot examine the political ramifications. (6/29/01)
Update: The vice president announces he will likely have a pacemaker implanted. (6/29/01)
A report on stents, a device used to treat Cheney's heart. (3/6/01)
Update: Dick Cheney leaves the hospital after an angioplasty. (3/6/01)
An interview with Dr. David Pearle of the Coronary Care Unit at Georgetown U. Hospital. (3/5/01)

Dick Cheney talks about his current condition. (11/24/00)
Dr. David Pearle discusses Dick Cheney's heart. (11/22/00)
A background report on heart disease among American men. (7/26/00)

Update: New studies find most heart disease patients had one of four major risk factors. (8/19/03)
Learn the warning signs of a heart attack.
How common is heart failure?
Try out the DASH diet. High blood pressure is a major cause of heart attacks.
A glossary for living with heart disease.
REALAUDIO: Jim Lehrer describes his own recovery from heart attack in a 1985 special "My Heart, Your Heart."
Take a look at photos of diseased hearts and find out what ails them, in NOVA's "Cut to the Heart."

A federal panel recommends stricter standards for measuring high cholesterol. (5/15/01)
The report from the National Cholesterol Education Program

A new study finds heart muscle cells can regenerate somewhat after a heart attack. (6/7/01)

Update: Patient Richard Tools dies at 59. (11/30/01)
Update: Patient Richard Tools speaks to the public. Video (8/21/01)
The first person to receive a new kind of artificial heart marks his first month of survival. (8/1/01)
RealAudio: The patient's doctor speaks at a press conference. (8/1/01)
An interview with the doctors who implanted the world's first self-contained artificial heart. (7/4/01)
Update: A patient successfully receives an artificial heart. (7/3/01)