Eliminate these triggers from your daily routine. Sept. 8, 2013— -- intro: A bacon cheeseburger fetish topped with a couch potato mentality is a surefire recipe for a heart attack. But those ...

One night, Lindsay Shanks sat up from bed and felt a sharp pain. “It felt like someone stabbed me right between my shoulder blades,” said Shanks, who was 37 at the time. “My hands started tingling, ...

Most people imagine a heart attack as a dramatic clutch-the-chest collapse. But a new study shows the common mental image of heart attack symptoms rarely reflects reality, and that misunderstanding ...

February is American Heart Month. — -- Today is National Wear Red Day, organized by the American Heart Association to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease among women during American Heart ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death around the world. However, overall heart disease death rates over the past five decades dropped by 66% in American adults age 25 and older, according to a ...

Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can ...

Share on Pinterest Tackling hypertension, high cholesterol may help prevent heart attack, stroke, new research confirms. Image credit: Raymond Forbes LLC/Stocksy Cardiovascular diseases, such as heart ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 19.8 million people around the world died from heart disease in 2022, with about 85% of these deaths attributed to stroke and heart attack.

Share on Pinterest A common heart attack pill may not be helpful for some heart conditions, according to new research. Bibek Raj Giri/Getty Images Beta-blockers are a type of medication used after ...

A Virginia man who suddenly suffered a nearly lethal heart attack while behind the wheel wound up crashing his car next to a cardiologist’s office in a “miracle” stroke of luck, according to a report.