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Most adults do not face a higher risk of heart attack when taking stimulant medications to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

(MedPage Today) -- Among patients with increased cardiovascular risk, sodium intake that is too high or too low appears to be associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular events, an analysis of two large, randomized controlled trials showed.

Medicines to treat ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) do not seem to substantially increase the risk of serious heart problems or stroke in children and young adults, according to a new study.

We know eating a very healthy diet appears to make heart disease less likely, but now that even goes for people whose genes put them at a higher-than-normal risk of heart trouble, according to a new study.

Raising levels of HDL "good" cholesterol might play an important role in reducing heart disease and stroke risk in patients with type 2 diabetes, a new study shows.

Women who start smoking are more likely to develop coronary heart disease than men who take up the habit, say researchers.

A new study shows an increase in the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events among smokers who take the drug Chantix to help them quit.

A drug used by smokers to help them quit increases the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems, researchers have found.

A promising blood test for lung injury may also predict heart attack and stroke risk as well as death from cardiovascular causes.

Children who take Adderall, Ritalin, Strattera, or other drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are no more likely to die from cardiovascular causes as other children, a new study finds.