Pandemic-fueled drug abuse threatens hearts, lives
Apr 20, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has heightened another health crisis: drug abuse, which damages hearts and shortens lives.
Heart Attack News
While mopping, young mom's heart tore
Apr 16, 2021
Paramedics said 37-year-old mom Sindi Mafu's EKG was normal and her chest pain wasn’t heart-related given her age and lack of risk factors. Turns out, she had a rare kind of heart attack.
Flu may play part in plaque-rupturing heart attacks
Apr 8, 2021
A flu vaccine may reduce the risk of Type 1 heart attacks in people 60 and older, according to new research.
Unloading groceries, he found his wife on the ground not breathing
Apr 1, 2021
Kent Wiles used his lifeguard training in CPR from decades earlier to help save the life of his wife, Lynn, after she had a heart attack and went into cardiac arrest.
After stroke, heart surgery and heart attack, runner vows to reclaim her strength
Mar 12, 2021
When she was 40, Michelle Whiteman had a stroke that revealed a hole in her heart. Open-heart surgery repaired it. Four years later, she had a heart attack. Exercise and family keep her optimistic.
Depression more likely after stroke than heart attack
Mar 11, 2021
People who have strokes are at higher risk for depression than those who have heart attacks, new research finds.
Identical in nearly every way, these twins even had the same kind of heart attack
Feb 23, 2021
Despite appearing fit and healthy, identical twins Patricia Wood and Pamela Smith had the same type of heart attack 13 months apart. Now they're sounding the alarm about the role genetics plays in heart disease.
Upstate New York DA's discomfort wasn't jet lag – it was a heart attack
Feb 4, 2021
David Soares figured jet lag was to blame for his struggles working out one morning. A friend took his blood pressure, which led to a trip to the hospital – and the diagnosis of a heart attack.
Green tea, coffee linked to lower death risk after stroke, heart attack
Feb 4, 2021
Stroke and heart attack survivors who drank green tea or coffee every day were less likely to die during a long-term study than those who didn't consume the beverages.
The night before a big presentation, lawyer-mother has a heart attack
Feb 2, 2021
For nearly a year, Cherée Johnson felt occasional chest pain at night. When she felt it one afternoon, it turned out to be different. This time, it was a heart attack.