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An electrocardiogram, or ECG, looks at your heart's rate, rhythm and electrical activity. Professor Peter Macfarlane explains what this simple test involves.

How do you make achievable goals to help improve your health? Lucy Trevallion ask two experts for their 10 top tips on setting and reaching realistic goals.

With spring here at last, we have more daylight hours. Read how to use them wisely to maintain your heart health.

New research suggests a link between eating eggs and an increased risk of heart disease and death. We look behind the headlines,

Several news outlets are reporting that the Mediterranean diet can slash the risk of dying from heart attack and stroke. But is this true? We investigate.

We fact-check claims that eating 'superfoods’ like broccoli, cauliflower and kale every day can reduce high blood pressure.

Recent headlines have claimed that depression is a direct cause of type 2 diabetes, but is this fact or fiction? We go behind the headlines.

What time you eat - and even what time you stop eating - could be affecting your health. Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor investigates.

The number of people being admitted to hospital due to heart failure has risen by a third in the last five years, according to a new analysis by the British Heart Foundation.

This page describes what an echocardiogram (or echo) is, what happens during an echo and the different types of echo test that you might have.