You can actually die of a broken heart after the death of a loved one, especially if the grief is overwhelming, new research ...

Researchers in Denmark have found that you can actually die from a broken heart after losing a loved one. Bereaved people who ...

Are you under any significant stress?' one of the cardiologists asked me during rounds the next morning. I stared at him ...

People with the most intense, longest-lasting grief were significantly more likely to die within a decade of a loved one’s ...

People who experience high levels of grief were more likely to die in the decade after their loved one passed than those with ...

Stress, like heartbreak from grief, can trigger a heart attack which can be fatal. Here's how it can also cause Takotsobu (broken heart) syndrome.

With Broken Heart Syndrome, the middle part of the heart and the top are not squeezing, but the bottom part seems to be spared. Imagine a boxing glove and what it looks like after all of the ...

“The broken heart syndrome was triggered by the breakup and my uncle’s death,” she said. “With broken-heart syndrome, it’s a mental thing which affects your heart.

Thus, when major heart attacks leave your heart broken, it can be very difficult or even impossible to unbreak your heart, in the words of Toni Braxton. Broken heart syndrome is quite different.

Mary Kay Abramson, 63, of Brookeville, Md., experienced an episode of broken heart syndrome after being furloughed from her job in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Broken heart syndrome, also called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, can cause the the heart to pump poorly and create symptoms resembling a heart attack. The syndrome, which can cause death, has ...

A study showed how the incidence of broken heart syndrome, otherwise known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, has risen from 2006 to 2017.