Children May Have Cholesterol Problems, Too High cholesterol levels are not just found in adults. Children may have high cholesterol, too, even without being overweight. Over years, cholesterol overload has similar hazards as in adults - clogged arteries and injury to the heart.

Keeping Your Heart and Blood Vessels Healthy Learn about what you can do each day and during the year to stay healthy and prevent heart and blood vessel problems caused by diabetes.

Where Diabetic Patients With Chest Pains Should Be Treated Diabetic patients with chest pain who have more than one other common risk factor for heart attack should be considered for direct admission for a complete cardiac work-up, bypassing a period of Chest Pain Unit (CPU) observation, according to a new analysis by Duke University Medical Center researchers.

Scientists Report New Findings on the Connection Between Diabetes and Heart Disease and Stroke The latest report from the NIH-sponsored EDIC study demonstrates that high blood glucose levels play a role in the development of atherosclerosis, putting people with diabetes at increased risk for heart disease and stroke.