WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators for prevention don't need driving restrictions as those after a heart rhythm disturbance.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say teenagers with insulin resistance may face a higher risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes in adulthood.

DALLAS, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Dallas-based American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have published Peripheral Arterial Disease Guidelines.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A Mayo Clinic study on aspirin's benefits says heart disease patients should continue taking it even in the days leading up to surgery.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Researchers say they've determined low hemoglobin levels are a predictor of increased risk of death and complications among heart failure patients.

DALLAS, June 8 (UPI) -- Blacks are twice as likely as whites to have an enlarged left side of their heart, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center scientists said Wednesday.

ORLANDO, Fla., March 7 (UPI) -- Italian scientists say doubling the dose of an anti-clotting drug before angioplasty reduces the risk of death, heart attack or follow-up surgery.

BOSTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Boston researchers say women with strong or multiple phobic anxieties are at higher risk for fatal heart disease than women with few or no anxieties.